---
title: 'Yanks (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Schlesinger'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/yanks-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080157/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Yanks (1979)

1979 · 138 min · Drama, War, Romance · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Yanks is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein. It stars Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera, Wendy Morgan, Rachel Roberts and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scenes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Schlesinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-schlesinger)
- **Editor:** [Jim Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-clark)
- **Screenplay:** [Colin Welland](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-welland), [Walter Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-bernstein)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Rodney Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rodney-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Lester Persky](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-persky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-bush)

## Cast

- [Annie Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-ross)
- [Antony Sher](https://cinepixo.com/people/antony-sher)
- [Rachel Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-roberts)
- [Everett McGill](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-mcgill)
- [Joan Hickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-hickson)
- [Chick Vennera](https://cinepixo.com/people/chick-vennera)
- [Jeremy Newson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-newson)
- [Lisa Eichhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-eichhorn)
- [George Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-harris)
- [John Ratzenberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ratzenberger)
- [Caroline Blakiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-blakiston)
- [Vanessa Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/vanessa-redgrave)
- [Eugene Lipinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-lipinski)
- [Stephen Whittaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-whittaker)
- [Arlen Dean Snyder](https://cinepixo.com/people/arlen-dean-snyder)

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