Hanover Street

Hanover Street

18/5/1979 1h 49m 5.6/10

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

David Halloran

Christopher Plummer

Christopher Plummer

Paul Sellinger

Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit

Sarah Sellinger

Lesley-Anne Down

Lesley-Anne Down

Margaret Sellinger

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

Maj. Trumbo

Max Wall

Max Wall

Harry Pike

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/5/2023

6/10

First things first, this is a romance with some Nazis - it is pretty devoid of action and although the settings and uniforms might indicate otherwise, it is certainly not a film for those who like much going on. Basically, the smouldering Leslie-Anne Down is "Margaret" who is so loyal to her undercover agent husband that she falls hook line and sinker for visiting American pilot "Halloran" (Harrison Ford). She doesn't mention her husband to her new beau, but serendipity has taken a dim view of her antics so when "Halloran" is charged with ferrying a British agent into France, and their plane gets shot down - he discovers that his passenger "Sellinger" (Christopher Plummer) and he have quite a few more things in common than just a desire to escape... I always thought Downs was a pretty one-dimensional actress who looked good but acted as if she, well, knew she looked good. Ford and Plaummer don't really gel - not that either are on particularly good form here, either - and though there is a peppering of familiar faces throughout, this film was just made 20 years too late, the writing is pretty banal and on the whole, it is completely forgettable.

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