Yanks (1979)

Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera ... see more  , Rachel Roberts , Wendy Morgan , Annie Ross , Tony Melody , Martin Smith , Philip Whileman , Derek Thompson , Harrison Simon , David Baxt , Caroline Blakiston , John Cassidy , Janet Dale , Rachel Davies , Patrick Durkin , Anne Dyson , June C. Ellis , Joe Gladwin , Joan Hickson , Nat Jackley , Margaret Lacey , Paul Luty , Al Matthews , Everett McGill , Jeremy Newson , Tom Nolan , Donald Pickering , John Ratzenberger , Antony Sher , Arlen Dean Snyder , Stephen Whittaker , Harry Ditson , George Harris , Eugene Lipinski , Paula Tilbrook , Ray Hassett , Weston Gavin , Pearl Hackney , David Miller

John Schlesinger directs the war romance Yanks, based on the story by Colin Welland. Set in England at the end of WWII, the story concerns three American GIs and their affairs with British women of va... read more rying social status. The central romance concerns Sgt. Matt Dyson (Richard Gere) and Jean Moreton (Lisa Eichhorn making her film debut), who is the daughter of shopkeepers (Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody). He falls in love with her but she is still infatuated with her boyfriend Ken (Derek Thompson). Higher up on the class scale, the officer John (William Devane) has a brief extramarital affair with socialite Helen (Vanessa Redgrave). The third pairing involves Sgt. Danny Ruffelo (Chick Vennera) in a fling with Mollie (Wendy Morgan). Eventually, the Americans and the Britains find themselves surrounded by racism at a New Year's Eve dance. Annie Ross from the vocal jazz group Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross appears briefly as a Red Cross nurse. Yanks won two BAFTA awards in 1980: to Shirley Russell for Best Costume Design and to Rachel Roberts for Best Supporting Actress. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi