Walter's War
Walter's War
Release: 2008-11-09
·Runtime: 60m
·★ 6.0
Drama
History
TV Movie
War
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
David Oakes
as Oswald Hennessey
Julian Forsyth
as Rev. Dr. Stevenson
Ewan Stewart
as Sgt Fuller
Samara MacLaren
as Connie MacPherson
O-T Fagbenle
as Walter Tull
Kwame Kwei-Armah
as Daniel Tull
Michael Wildman
as Edward Tull
Kit Young
as Young Edward (as Chris Young)
Dugald Bruce Lockhart
as Capt. Coombes
Jonathan Cullen
as Lt. Col. Baxter
Mark Wingett
as Football Team Manager
