Yanks

World War II drama following a group of American soldiers billeted in a quiet Lancashire village. The friendly arrivals soon have a profound impact on the locals, giving rise to a number of romantic attachments and extra-marital affairs. In the process, the GIs earn themselves the reputation of being ‘overpaid, oversexed and over here’., John Schlesinger directed this World War II love story about Americans in England., In this drama, sleepy English village life is interrupted when a group of young American soldiers are stationed nearby during WWII. With all of the able British men off fighting the war, the lonely women develop a variety of relationships with the young American men., Set in England at the end of WWII, the story concerns three American GIs and their affairs with British women of varying social status. The central romance concerns Sgt. Matt Dyson and Jean Moreton, who is the daughter of shopkeepers., World War II drama telling the story of three very different relationships that develop when American soldiers arrive in a quiet Lancashire village. The film follows the impact on the locals of the friendly invaders, whose ready money and romancing won them the reputation of being ‘overpaid, oversexed and over here’. BAFTA Award-winning costumes and Richard Rodney Bennett’s evocative music add to the film’s authentic feel., From the arrival of a platoon of GI’s in Northern England to their departure for D-Day, this film chronicles three wartime romances, illuminating the fears and tensions that riddled the Anglo-American alliance. Good cast, scrupulous period reconstruction., John Schlesinger directed this World War II love story about Americans in England. William Devane, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Chick Vennera, Wendy Morgan, Rachel Roberts., Director John Schlesinger considers the fate of soldiers stationed in Great Britain during WW II.