49th Parallel
THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $140,000
- Revenue
- $5,275,000
- Production
- Ortus Films
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Cast
Leslie Howard
Philip Armstrong Scott
Laurence Olivier
Johnnie, the Trapper
Raymond Massey
Andy Brock
Anton Walbrook
Peter
Eric Portman
Lieutenant Hirth
Raymond Lovell
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Niall MacGinnis
Vogel
John Chandos
Lohrmann
Finlay Currie
The Factor
Glynis Johns
Anna
Charles Victor
Andreas
Frederick Piper
David
Robert Beatty
RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
Stuart Latham
Second Nazi Radio Announcer
Percy Parsons
Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist
Crew
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Writers
- Emeric Pressburger
- Producers
- Michael Powell
- Cinematography
- Freddie Young
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
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CinemaSerf
June 25, 2022
A quirky war film for various reasons, this one. A Nazi submarine crew are raiding North Atlantic shipping when their submarine is destroyed near the Canadian coast. The crew of survivors - led by a curiously cast Eric Portman - take over an Hudson's bay Company post frequented by a French-Canadian Laurence Olivier and Finlay Currie - a redoubtable Scot who is determined not to to stand for this "invasion". What follows is a sightly haphazard series of stories depicting their attempt to make it …
drystyx
April 18, 2023
An incredible journey with the antagonists being the stars. Most WWII films about men behind enemy lines depict the "good guys" I dare say, in the Allies, behind enemy lines. Here, we get the exact opposite, with six Uboat survivors from Germany stuck behind enemy lines. There is so much that is outstanding about this film that it would take pages to explain. It's likely the very film that caused Hitler to put a bounty on Leslie Howard, who ridiculed him with great aplomb, a bounty that may h…