49th Parallel poster
Director Michael Powell
Screenplay Emeric Pressburger

49th Parallel

Tagline: THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

Release Date: 1941-11-24

Duration: 123 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Glynis Johns
    Anna
  • Laurence Olivier
    Johnnie, the Trapper
  • Robert Beatty
    RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
  • Finlay Currie
    The Factor
  • Raymond Massey
    Andy Brock
  • Eric Portman
    Lieutenant Hirth
  • Leslie Howard
    Philip Armstrong Scott
  • Adolf Wohlbrück
    Peter
  • Niall MacGinnis
    Vogel
  • Frederick Piper
    David