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Jenny's War (1985)

6.73h 20mDrama

Jenny's War is a 1985 war television serial set during World War II, made by HTV in association with Columbia Pictures. It is directed by and written by Steve Gethers. The screenplay is based on the novel with the same name of Jack Stoneley. In the UK it was shown as four 50 minute episodes on the ITV network, while in the United States it was syndicated under the Operation Prime Time banner by MCA TV. The serial stars Dyan Cannon, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Hardy Christopher Cazenove and Hugh Grant, and is about a mother, Jenny Baines, who searches for her son Peter, who was shot down over Germany, and who she believes is still alive.

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Columbia Pictures Television / HTV

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Director: Patrick Dromgoole

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Dyan Cannon as Jenny Baines

Dyan Cannon

Jenny Baines

Elke Sommer as Eva Gruenberg

Elke Sommer

Eva Gruenberg

Robert Hardy as Klein

Robert Hardy

Klein

Patrick Ryecart as Steinhardt

Patrick Ryecart

Steinhardt

Nigel Hawthorne as Colonel

Nigel Hawthorne

Colonel

Christopher Cazenove as Capt. Preston

Christopher Cazenove

Capt. Preston

Richard Todd as Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Richard Todd

Gen. Benjamin Cutler

Hugh Grant as Peter Baines

Hugh Grant

Peter Baines

Michael Elphick as Schumann

Michael Elphick

Schumann

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