49th Parallel

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.

Genre : WarThriller

Runtime : 123 mins

Release Date : 1941-11-24

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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...

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...

Cast

Leslie Howard

(Philip Armstrong Scott)

Laurence Olivier

(Johnnie, the Trapper)

Raymond Massey

(Andy Brock)

Adolf Wohlbrück

(Peter)

Eric Portman

(Lieutenant Hirth)

Raymond Lovell

(Lieutenant Kuhnecke)

Richard George

(Kommandant Bernsdorff)

Niall MacGinnis

(Vogel)

Peter Moore

(Kranz)

John Chandos

(Lohrmann)

Finlay Currie

(The Factor)

Glynis Johns

(Anna)

Basil Appleby

(Jahner)

Ley On

(Nick - the Eskimo)

Charles Victor

(Andreas)

Frederick Piper

(David)

Tawera Moana

(George, the Indian)

Eric Clavering

(Art)

Charles Rolfe

(Bob)

Theodore Salt

(A United States Customs Officer)

O.W. Fonger

(A United States Customs Officer)

George Alexander

(Cameo)

Robert Beatty

(RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice))

Eric Berry

(Nazi Radio Announcer)

Gron Davies

(Officer on Submarine)

Leslie Falardeau

(Aviator on Seaplane)

Lionel Grose

(Undetermined Role)

Stuart Latham

(Second Nazi Radio Announcer)

Norman Luxton

(Man in fringed jacket on balcony at Banff Indian Day)

Vincent Massey

(Prologue Narrator (voice))

Percy Parsons

(Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist)

Gerry Wilmot

(Canadian Radio Announcer)

Jack Hynes