In 1942 everyone loved a soldier
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
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Contemplative, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20256/10
This has something of the mini-series to it, and try as I did - I just couldn’t get the “over paid, over sexed and over here” mantra from my mind as it rather predictably plodded along some melodramatic lines for a rather lengthy 2½ hours. There are two prongs to the story with the dashing “Matt” (Richard Gere) probably having the more prominent as he rather respectfully courts grocer’s daughter “Jean” (Lisa Eichhorn) - who is supposedly engaged to “Ken” (Derek Thompson) who is away fighting. Meantime the married lady “Helen” (Vanessa Redgrave) is drawn to captain “John” (William Devane) but let’s say their requirements from any relationship are maybe a little more cerebral. Back to “Jean” though and she has to convince her suspicious mother (Rachel Roberts) and father (Tony Melody) that he isn’t just after one thing. Can he mount an effective charm offensive and win the heart of his lady before the rumoured mobilisation makes their decisions for them. To be fair, it looks good with plenty of attention to the detail of the production and that helps it on the authenticity front, but that’s about the only front that delivers here as the plot meanders rather aimlessly without really b
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Cast
- Richard GereMatt Dyson
- Lisa EichhornJean Moreton
- Vanessa RedgraveHelen
- William DevaneJohn
- Chick VenneraDanny Ruffelo
- Wendy MorganMollie
- Rachel RobertsMrs. Clarrie Moreton
- Tony MelodyMr. Jim Moreton
- Derek ThompsonKen
- Arlen Dean SnyderHenry
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- John SchlesingerDirector
- Colin WellandScreenplay
- Walter BernsteinScreenplay
- Dick BushDirector of Photography
- Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer
- Jim ClarkEditor
- Lester PerskyProducer
- Joseph JanniProducer
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