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Young soldier Kevin Deakin, pronounced dead during the Falklands War, is given full military funeral honours. But seven weeks later, he reappears, apparently suffering from amnesia. He is given a hero's welcome when he returns to his home town but when he resumes army life, his fellow soldiers are determined to bring him down on a charge of desertion. Broken physically and mentally, he is admitted for treatment in a military hospital where among the patients is a soldier whose life he had saved. With Tom Bell and Rita Rushingham as his parents and Rudi Davies as his girlfriend Julie.

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1989) (UK) (2 Star)

Cast:

Tom Bell	.... Mr. Deakin
Rudi Davies	.... Julie
David Thewlis	.... Kevin Deakin
Rita Tushingham	.... Mrs. Deakin
Michael Pollitt	.... Gregory Deakin
John Bowe	.... Colonel

Supporting Cast:

Paul Butterworth	.... Patient
Lorraine Ashbourne	.... Reeva
Tony Capstick	.... Photographer
Alan Cody	.... Reporter
Nigel Collins	.... Prowling dirty man
Bob Danvers Walker	.... TV Announcer
Christopher Fulford	.... Slaven
Steve Coogan	.... Man at Bonfire
Chris Gardner	.... Youth
Paul Geoffrey	.... Vicar
Harry Goodier	.... Barman
Kyle Gordon	.... Newsboy
William Hoyland	.... Capt. Sinclair
Kenny Ireland	.... Denzel Clausen

Directors:

Paul Greengrass

Writers:

Martin Allen