Main Cast: Nigel Havers, James Fox, Fiona Gillies, Amanda Elwes, Bernard Hepton
Release Year: 1991
Country: UK
Run Time: 360 minutes
Plot
A Perfect Hero, Christopher Matthews' novel about a grotesquely disfigured war hero, was transformed into a six-part British TV drama in 1991. Nigel Havers starred as Hugh Flemming, a Cambridge-educated bomber pilot who was shot down in flames during the 1940 Battle of Britain. The rest of the drama dealt with Flemming's Herculean efforts to adjust to his horrific wounds -- both actual and psychological -- in the postwar era. According to studio publicity, actress Fiona Gillies' terrified reaction to Havers' facial makeup was genuine; she was not permitted to see his "remade" face until the cameras started turning. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Iris Fleming; Fiona Mollison - Susan Fleming; Joanna Lumley - Loretta Stone; Harry Burton - Peter Hemingford; Rachel Fielding - Jean; Rosalind Knight - Sister Grice; Brian Mitchell - Dr. Morris; Tacy Neale - Sarah; Nick Palliser - Jimmy Macdonnel; Charles Pemberton - Ted; Nicholas Pritchard - Julian Masters; Patrick Ryecart - Tim Holland; Thomas Wheatley - Dickie Bird
Credit
James Cellan Jones - Director, Nick Elliott - Executive Producer, Michael Whitehall - Executive Producer, James Cellan Jones - Producer, Allan Prior - Teleplay By, Christopher Matthews - Book Author
