The read
It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Debbie WisemanOriginal Music Composer
- Alrick RileyDirector
- Kwame Kwei-ArmahWriter
Cast
- O-T FagbenleWalter Tull
- David OakesOswald Hennessey
- Kwame Kwei-ArmahDaniel Tull
- Zac FoxYoung Soldier
- Michael WildmanEdward Tull
- Julian ForsythRev. Dr. Stevenson
- Ewan StewartSgt Fuller
- Dugald Bruce LockhartCapt. Coombes
- Christian RoePte William Cooper
- Chris StarkiePte. Sebastian Wills
- Chris StarkiePte. Sebastian Willis
- Hamish MacDougallPte. Christopher Hummins