Reunion At Fairborough (1985)

A businessman (Robert Mitchum) from Chicago travels to England for the 40 year reunion of the Air Force flyers who were stationed in a small English village during WWII. What he's most interested in is what happened to the woman (Deborah Kerr) he loved and abandoned while he was stationed there. Directed by Herbert Wise (I CLAUDIUS), this was the fourth and final pairing of Mitchum and Kerr some 25 years after their last pairing (THE GRASS IS GREENER). They are the reason to see this rather generic geriatric romance about wartime lovers reuniting. The film feels padded out with storylines that detract from the Mitchum/Kerr plot. Namely, an alcoholic soldier (Red Buttons) who has fallen on hard times and then there's Kerr's anti-war granddaughter (Judi Trott) whose scenes really drag the movie down. For fans of Mitchum and Kerr (and who isn't?). With Barry Morse, Shane Rimmer and Helen Horton.