49th Parallel
49th Parallel
Release: 1941-11-24
·Runtime: 123m
·★ 6.9
War
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Ortus Films
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
Niall MacGinnis
as Vogel
Finlay Currie
as The Factor
Glynis Johns
as Anna
Charles Victor
as Andreas
Frederick Piper
as David
Robert Beatty
as RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
Stuart Latham
as Second Nazi Radio Announcer
