Hanover Street

1979

Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance / War

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 10 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 6332 6.3K

london, england secret mission world war ii bomber pilot

Plot summary

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 Photo
Peter Hyams

Top cast

Harrison Ford Photo
Harrison Ford as David Halloran
Cindy O'Callaghan Photo
Cindy O'Callaghan as Paula
Christopher Plummer Photo
Christopher Plummer as Paul Sellinger
Eddie Kidd Photo
Eddie Kidd as Motorcycle Jump Performer
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1000.34 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1000.31 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.81 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
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1.81 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lynette_carrington 5 / 10

Who bankrolled this film?!?

First of all Harrison Ford can do no wrong. Please understand that. With that said, read on: This film was directed and shot in such a way that I felt that I was watching a film school final shot by a mediocre student. The dialogue is Spam-stale and the chemistry between Harrison and Lesley-Ann Down is zilch. The first love scene is so poorly shot and edited, my dog could have done a better job in his sleep. Most of the time, you feel that most of the cast is reading cue cards; it's that stiff. The timeline is goofy and the movie jumps around and is pretty unbelievable. Harrison was trying desperately to stretch his acting wings at this point in his career, but the material and dialogue were so limited, you really feel for the actor. But, damn, he's so charming, sexy and likable, it's worth the headache to sit through this abomination just to enjoy Harrison being Harrison.
Reviewed by MRavenwood 5 / 10

Gorgeous Score - Total Chick Film - w/ Spy Mission Thrown In

This film has many great elements, but the whole things fails primarily due to overwrought dialogue that is very soap operatic with words put in character's mouths that mostly teenage girls would think of. Without John Barry's romantic score, this film would be pathetic, leaning towards hilarious.In any film, when two characters meet and fall in love there is a certain amount of time and shared experiences that pass in the story before the love between them is credible. In this film, the love is instant, deeply romantic -- yet torrid, and lasting. Completely impossible! Having said all that, the film still provides some great military movie sequences. There are some funny bits with Halloran and his co-pilot Cimino mouthing off during their missions and briefings. And a whole military caper pulled off by Halloran (Ford) and Mr. Sallinger (Plummer) which is both exciting and easy to follow.After a while, one realizes that Margaret Sallinger, (Down) never speaks her lines, she whispers them in a plaintive, teary voice, always on the verge of boo-hoo. This becomes grating after a while. Further, it makes the audience wonder what Halloran sees in her.Well, the answer to what the attraction is never comes, but the noble dialogue at the end is a struggle to listen to and is a riff on the immortal Casablanca "Hill of beans/Here's lookin' at you" farewell between Rick and Ilsa. It is well that this Hanover Street high-road sign-off sequence comes last as it is the most indulgent in melodrama. Still, Ford and Plummer work so effectively to make this movie almost passable that you really have to give them credit for their commitment to their characters.
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