Jenny's War

Jenny's War

1985•3h 18m•6.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

This fact-based story follows a woman who launches a rescue of her Royal Air Force pilot son, who was shot down over Germany in 1941. Getting no help from the underground, she sets up her own rescue mission.

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Production

Columbia Pictures, Louis Rudolph Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon

Jenny Baines

Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer

Eva Gruenberg

Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

Klein

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Colonel

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove

Captain Preston

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Hartmut Becker

Hartmut Becker

Karl Koenig

Patrick Ryecart

Patrick Ryecart

Steinhardt

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant

Peter Baines

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