Tumbledown (1988)

Tumbledown | United Kingdom

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

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Director

Richard Eyre

Stars

Colin Firth
Robert Lawrence

Paul Rhys
Hugh MacKessac

David Calder
John Lawrence

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Jean Lawrence

Rupert Baker
Nick Lawrence

Jack Fortune
Christopher Lawrence

Sophie Thompson
Louise Stubbs

Roddy Maude-Roxby
George Stubbs

Ann Bell
Helen Stubbs

Dan Hildebrand
Prothero

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Keywords

paralyzed, falklands war, falklands, british soldier, physical disability

Production

British Broadcasting Corporation

Actor

Colin Firth, Paul Rhys, David Calder, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Rupert Baker, Jack Fortune, Sophie Thompson, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Ann Bell, Dan Hildebrand, Mark Williams, Paul Higgins, Timothy Carlton, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Morant, Tam Dean Burn, Ian Michie, Stewart Porter, Mark Wing-Davey, Robin Daglish, Andrew McCulloch, Edward Rawle-Hicks, Charles Millham, Ben Cole, Clive Russell, James Griffiths, David Conville, Edwin Richfield, Brian Hall, Charles Lamb, Richard Owens, Arbel Jones, Sean Scanlan, Tony Caunter, Iain McColl, Edward Lyon, Victoria Hasted, Murray Ewan, Wendy Nottingham, Andrew Livingston, Maggie McCarthy, Sharon D. Clarke, Leila Bertrand, Liza Tarbuck, Felicity Montagu, Roy Spencer, Winston Crooke, Steven Law, Alan White, George Irving, Marian McLoughlin, Serena Gordon, Francisco Morales, Martin Garfield

Creators

Richard Eyre (Director), Charles Wood (Writer), Andrew Dunn (Director of Photography), Ken Pearce (Editor)

Release dates

29.05.1988 (GB)