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Tumbledown
Film / 1988

Tumbledown

Directed by Richard Eyre
TV movieDramaWar

★ 5.7/10Audience rating

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, 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 paralyzed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

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The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, 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 paralyzed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

Cast

Colin FirthRobert Lawrence Paul RhysHugh MacKessac David CalderJohn Lawrence Barbara Leigh-HuntJean Lawrence Rupert BakerNick Lawrence Jack FortuneChristopher Lawrence Sophie ThompsonLouise Stubbs Roddy Maude-RoxbyGeorge Stubbs Ann BellHelen Stubbs Dan HildebrandProthero Mark WilliamsLumpy Paul HigginsSaltemarsh
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Timothy CarltonLt. Colonel Bill Kirke Pete PostlethwaiteMajor (Rehabilitation Centre) Angela MorantMajor Newman Tam Dean BurnSergeant Brodick Ian MichieFraser Stewart PorterO'Rourke Mark Wing-DaveyAdjutant Stewart Inglis Robin DaglishMajor Peter Walsh Andrew McCullochPadre Major Alistair Tolly Edward Rawle-HicksLt. Peter Fyshe Charles MillhamThe Noble Lord Ben ColeHarry Hebers Clive RussellTerry Knapp James GriffithsSurgeon David ConvilleBrigade Officer Edwin RichfieldGroup Captain Brian HallSquadron Leader Wentworth Charles LambElderly Man Richard OwensRAF Officer Arbel JonesWelsh Lady Sean ScanlanWelsh Man Tony CaunterAir Commodore Iain McCollColour Sergeant Edward LyonLt. Colonel RAMC Victoria HastedNurse Wendy Murray EwanCSM Brown Wendy NottinghamMrs Prothero Andrew LivingstonYoung Doctor Maggie McCarthyNurse Mary Sharon D. Clarke1st Night Nurse Leila Bertrand2nd Night Nurse Liza TarbuckAngie Felicity MontaguTrisha Roy SpencerHospital Chaplain Winston CrookeBenny Steven LawCabby Alan WhiteYeoman Warder George IrvingTug Marian McLoughlinMandy Serena GordonPhyllida Francisco MoralesArgentinian Soldier Martin GarfieldArgentinian Soldier

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