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49th Parallel

1941 · 2h 3m · War, Thriller

THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.

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Cast

• Leslie Howard as Philip Armstrong Scott
• Laurence Olivier as Johnnie, the Trapper
• Raymond Massey as Andy Brock
• Anton Walbrook as Peter
• Eric Portman as Lieutenant Hirth
• Raymond Lovell as Lieutenant Kuhnecke
• Richard George as Kommandant Bernsdorff
• Niall MacGinnis as Vogel
• Peter Moore as Kranz
• John Chandos as Lohrmann
• Finlay Currie as The Factor
• Glynis Johns as Anna

Details

Director

Michael Powell

Released

November 24, 1941

Runtime

2h 3m

Genres

War, Thriller

Studio

Ortus Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.0 / 10 from 130 votes