Directed by:
Charles SturridgePlots(1)
Two British war vets (Alec Guinness and Leo McKern) meet an American vet (John Randolph) when all three return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Old rivalries resurface, particularly when two of the men discover they are searching for the same lost love (Jeanne Moreau). A lonely woman (Lauren Bacall) with her own painful but mysterious memories joins the group, while the American vet's petulant daughter (Geraldine Chaplin) and bumbling son-in-law (Edward Herrmann) struggle to keep up with the exploits of their elders. This disparate band of survivors eventually finds common ground in the memory of what they lost on that fateful day in 1944. As seen on Masterpiece Theatre. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies:
Leo McKern
Australia
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
King Lear (1983) (TV movie)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Edward Herrmann
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
A Foreign Field (1993)
John Randolph
USA
Best movies:
Serpico (1973)
All the President's Men (1976)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Geraldine Chaplin
USA
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Lauren Bacall
USA
Best movies:
Misery (1990)
Dogville (2003)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)