Yanks [12A] Sun. 13th Oct, 17:35

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A special screen as part of Keighley Arts & Film Festival celebrating the films with Keighley connections.  Yanks made extensive use of Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and some locations in Steeton!

Matt (Richard Gere) and John (William Devane), U.S. soldiers stationed in England during World War II, are both beginning affairs with British women, but they soon find their romances complicated by moral dilemmas and a clash of cultures. Jean (Lisa Eichhorn), a girl from a working class family, has caught Matt’s eye, and John is trying to woo the elegant Helen (Vanessa Redgrave). However, both woman are already involved with local men who have left for the front.

POSTER EXHIBITION

A original UK cinema release poster of Yanks will feature in an exhibition of films with Keighley connections in the Airedale Shopping Centre.

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