49th Parallel

7.0
  • Genre: WarThriller
  • Run time: 123 min
  • Premiere: 1941. November 24.

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.

Discover

Leslie Howard

Philip Armstrong Scott

Laurence Olivier

Johnnie, the Trapper

Raymond Massey

Andy Brock

Eric Portman

Lieutenant Hirth

Raymond Lovell

Lieutenant Kuhnecke

Richard George

Kommandant Bernsdorff

John Chandos

Lohrmann

Finlay Currie

The Factor

Ley On

Nick - the Eskimo

Tawera Moana

George, the Indian

Theodore Salt

A United States Customs Officer

O.W. Fonger

A United States Customs Officer

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

Aviator on Seaplane

Art

David Rawnsley

Art Direction

Sydney Streeter

Assistant Art Director

Frederick Pusey

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Henty Henty-Creer

Camera Operator

Skeets Kelly

Camera Operator

Freddie Young

Director of Photography

Jim Body

Clapper Loader

Osmond Borradaile

Additional Photography

Costume & Make-Up

George Blackler

Makeup Artist

Crew

Nugent M. Clougher

Technical Advisor

Directing

Michael Powell

Director

Arthur Seabourne

Assistant Director

Editing

David Lean

Editor

Hugh Stewart

Associate Editor

Production

Michael Powell

Producer

Harold Boxall

Production Manager

Roland Gillett

Assistant Production Manager

George H. Brown

Assistant Production Manager

Sound

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

A.W. Watkins

Sound Supervisor

Walter Darling

Sound Recordist

C. C. Stevens

Sound Recordist

Writing

Emeric Pressburger

Original Story

Rodney Ackland

Scenario Writer

Emeric Pressburger

Scenario Writer