49th Parallel
movie
THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!
Released November 24, 1941
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.
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
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Richard George
as
Kommandant Bernsdorff
Niall MacGinnis
as
Vogel
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Peter Moore
as
Kranz
John Chandos
as
Lohrmann
Finlay Currie
as
The Factor
Glynis Johns
as
Anna
Crew
Michael Powell
as
Director
Ralph Vaughan Williams
as
Music
David Lean
as
Editor
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Henty Henty-Creer
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Camera Operator
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C. C. Stevens
as
Sound Recordist
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Hugh Stewart
as
Associate Editor
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Walter Darling
as
Sound Recordist
Emeric Pressburger
as
Screenplay
Michael Powell
as
Producer
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David Rawnsley
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Art Direction
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A.W. Watkins
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Sound Supervisor
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Skeets Kelly
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Camera Operator