Hanover Street (1979)

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writer:

Peter Hyams

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Harrison Ford	...	David Halloran
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Margaret Sellinger
Christopher Plummer	...	Paul Sellinger
Alec McCowen	...	Maj. Trumbo
Richard Masur	...	2nd Lieut. Jerry Cimino
Michael Sacks	...	2nd Lieut. Martin Hyer
Patsy Kensit	...	Sarah Sellinger
Max Wall	...	Harry Pike
Shane Rimmer	...	Col. Ronald Bart
Keith Buckley	...	Lieut. Wells
Sherrie Hewson	...	Phyllis
Cindy O'Callaghan	...	Paula
Di Trevis	...	Elizabeth
Suzanne Bertish	...	The French Girl
Keith Alexander	...	Soldier in Barn

Storyline

During the Second World War, an American Pilot stationed in England meets a young British nurse during an air raid on London. The two instantly fall in love, despite the fact that the young Nurse is already married; a secret she keeps hidden from her American lover. After being shot down behind enemy lines, while being assigned to ferry a British agent into France, the American pilot realizes that his secret agent cargo is in fact his lover's husband, and that the two must now work together in order to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

nurse | pilot | secret mission | motorcycle | world war two | 

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Taglines:

The fateful entanglements of two men in love with the same woman.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English German

Release Date:

26 September 1979 (France)

Also Known As:

Guerre et passion

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Hanover Street

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.

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Goofs

Halloran is seen to light the straw with a cigarette lighter when in a previous scene he has been seen to throw his own lighter away. It is the lighter he stole from the German guard in Lyon.

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Quotes

David Halloran: You've got to go to him, and I've got to turn and walk away.

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Connections

Referenced in Patriot Games (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon

User Reviews

A romantic war movie without all that cheese.

When I read the synopsis for the plot of 'Pearl' I thought of 'Hanover Street' right away. I saw this movie when I was 10 years old and was impressed by it's pacing, the plot twist, and the fact that in the end it is just as it is billed, a romantic war movie. For a guy like me who cant stand romantic war movies I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed this obscure film not once but the many times I have watched it. If during the course of a film you feel that same longing a character experiences then it has made it's mark. When David Halloran, Harrison's character, transitions from cocky bomber pilot to reluctant pilot who begins to hear the concerns of his bombardier as well as his heart, from the unhealthy romance of two people in need of something concrete in a time of uncertainty, from the struggle to get back to the one you love this movie runs the gammit of what war is like for lovers, soldiers, and ordinary civilians caught up in it. Think of loving someone so much they make you ache then throw in the fact that they are someone elses lover and the knowledge that you will have to turn and walk away from them forever.