49th Parallel (1941)
"THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!"
Title: 49th Parallel
Original Title: 49th Parallel
Release Date: 1941-11-24
Status: Released
Rating: 6.9/10 (from 116 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: War, Thriller
Production Companies: Ortus Films
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
Philip Armstrong Scott
Laurence Olivier
Johnnie, the Trapper
Raymond Massey
Andy Brock
Anton Walbrook
Peter
Eric Portman
Lieutenant Hirth
Raymond Lovell
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Richard George
Kommandant Bernsdorff
Niall MacGinnis
Vogel
Peter Moore
Kranz
John Chandos
Lohrmann
