Drama

Romance

Action

Adventure

Hanover Street

Columbia Pictures

United Kingdom

United States of America

Deutsch

English

Harrison Ford

Lesley-Anne Down

Christopher Plummer

Alec McCowen

Max Wall

Patsy Kensit

Shane Rimmer

Sherrie Hewson

William Hootkins

John Ratzenberger

Cindy O'Callaghan

Di Trevis

Richard Masur

Jay Benedict

Keith Buckley

Eric Stine

Hugh Fraser

Suzanne Bertish

Eugene Lipinski

Gary Waldhorn

George Pravda

Michael Crane

Michael Sacks

Lesley Ward

Peter Hyams

Robin Gregory

Dan Perri

Denis Johnson

Paul N. Lazarus III

John Barry

David Watkin

James Mitchell

Mary Selway

Philip Harrison

Robert Cartwright

Malcolm Middleton

Ian Whittaker

Joan Bridge

Peter Robb-King

Colin Jamison

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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.

Harrison Ford in Hanover Street 1979 TV trailer

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