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Hanover Street is a 1979 Anglo-American war drama film written and directed by Peter Hyams, starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer.

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Plot: Set in London during the Second World War, Lieutenant David Halloran (Harrison Ford) an American bomber pilot serving with the Eighth Air Force in the UK and Margaret Sellinger (Lesley-Anne Down) a British nurse meet in Hanover Street in a chance encounter during an air raid They meet again two weeks later in a secret assignation in Hanover Street. Although she is married, Sellinger and Halloran rapidly fall in love. She tries to resist, but is drawn to the charismatic American. By contrast her husband Paul Sellinger (Christopher Plummer) is, by his own description, suave, pleasant, but fairly dull. A former teacher, he is now a trusted member of British intelligence. Halloran is subsequently sent on an undercover mission in Nazi-occupied France to deliver a British agent (Lieutenant Wells). At the last moment, Sellinger takes the place of the agent, and himself joins the mission. His reasons are initially unclear, but he slowly reveals that he wants to prove himself. Flying over France the plane is hit, killing the rest of the crew.

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After being shot down in France, Halloran initially plans to try and head for the coast, but realizing that Sellinger is not capable of surviving alone in enemy country (he cannot find the North, and badly injures his ankle after a matter of moments) he agrees to accompany him. Sellinger slowly reveals his mission. He is to proceed to the German headquarters in Lyon and, posing as an SS officer, photograph an important document that lists the German double-agents in British intelligence. Halloran is immediately horrified at the appalling risk, but realizing there is little else to be done, agrees to co-operate with Sellinger. Making contact with the local French resistance, they manage to get hold of a captured German vehicle and a spare uniform for Halloran. They proceed to Lyon, and deposit a document in the safe, allowing them to case the safe in which it is kept. Returning the same evening, Sellinger initially starts to photograph the documents, but Halloran grabs the documents from the safe and gives them to Sellinger. As they are escaping, a party of real SS troops raise the alarm. They manage to escape after a lengthy car chase, and make it back to the same farm where they had received assistance. However, they are betrayed by a collaborator and are forced to flee again, pursued by hundreds of Nazi troops.

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