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Across the Lake

IMDb ID: tt0094610 · Year: 1988 · Rating: 7.0 (187 votes)

Genres: Drama

This movie charts the last sixty days in the life of speed ace Donald Campbell, who, in 1967, famously crashed his craft "The Bluebird" while trying the break the three-hundred-mile-per-hour barrier on Coniston Water.

IMDb Details

Content TypeTVEpisodeAlternate TitlesSpain: A través del lago
United Kingdom: Across the Lake
Poland: Demon szybkosci
A través del lago
Release Date1988-09-04Runtime90 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews8Critic Reviews0Countries / RegionsUnited KingdomLanguagesEnglishFilming LocationsWindermere, Cumbria, England, UKIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094610/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/00/tt0094610.jpgUpdated At2025-12-07T08:21:39

Stars

Anthony Hopkins
Rosemary Leach
Mark Stratton
John Rowe
Ewan Hooper
Angela Richards
Dexter Fletcher
Brian Osborne
Julia Watson
Phyllis Calvert

Directors

Tony Maylam

Writers

Roger Milner

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Anthony Hopkins | Character: Donald Campbell
Actor: Rosemary Leach | Character: Connie Robinson
Actor: Mark Stratton | Character: 'Robbie' Robinson
Actor: John Rowe | Character: Jack Stanley
Actor: Ewan Hooper | Character: Leo Villa
Actor: Angela Richards | Character: Tonia Bern
Actor: Dexter Fletcher | Character: Jimmy
Actor: Brian Osborne | Character: Maurie Parfitt
Actor: Julia Watson | Character: Sarah Williamson
Actor: Phyllis Calvert | Character: Lady Dolly Campbell
Actor: Terence Harvey | Character: Frank Muller
Actor: Peter Harlowe | Character: David Benson
Actor: Daniel André Pageon | Character: Louis Goosens
Actor: Robert East | Character: Ken Norris
Actor: Peter Meakin | Character: TV Interviewer
Actor: Jeffrey Longmore | Character: Photographer
Actor: Paul Williamson | Character: Stephen Darbishire
Actor: Jonathan Elsom | Character: Norman Buckley
Actor: Juliette Grassby | Character: Judy
Actor: Richenda Carey | Character: Betty Buckley
Actor: Nicholas Fry | Character: Paul - Signal Corporal
Actor: Guy Oliver-Watts | Character: Young Reporter

[Directors Group]
Name: Tony Maylam | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Roger Milner | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Innes Lloyd | Role: Producer
Name: Derek Nelson | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Maureen Darbishire | Role: Composer
Name: Richard G. Mitchell | Role: Composer
Name: Brian Wade | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Andrew Dunn | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Ray Wingrove | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Steve Brownsey | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Charlotte Holdich | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Daphne Croker-Saunders | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Peter Stenning | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Chris Le Grys | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Lyndon Bird | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ken Hains | Role: Sound Department
Name: Judith Robson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bruce Wills | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Peter Kersey | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Stuart Brisdon | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Mark Garrett | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Allan Hughes | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Steve Williams | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Sue Whatmough | Role: Casting Department

[Location Management]
Name: Terence Banks | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Maureen Darbishire | Role: Music Department
Name: Richard G. Mitchell | Role: Music Department
Name: Brian Wade | Role: Music Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Jayne Spooner | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Noel Cowell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matthew Hamilton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Chris Le Grys | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jessica Nettleton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kenneth Norris | Role: Additional Crew
Name: David Privett | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094610/videogallery/

Release Schedule

United Kingdom: September 4, 1988

Awards

Nominee | 1989 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA TV Award | Best Film Sound | Lyndon Bird, Judith Robson, Across the Lake

Box Office

No box office data listed on IMDb.