Yanks

Genre: drama, war

Year Published: 1979

Creator: John Schlesinger

Credits: Cast: Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Eichhorn

Description: Richard Gere's film opens with the narration: "From early 1942 until the invasion of Europe over a million Americans landed in Britain" A small northern town soon finds out that a large U.S. Army base is being established for the build-up to the Normandy landings. Thousands of rambunctious American troops, or "Yanks" as they are known to the British, descend upon the area.

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