49th Parallel
“THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!”
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.
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Cast
33 people
Leslie Howard
Philip Armstrong Scott
Known for
Gone with the Wind
The Petrified Forest
Laurence Olivier
Johnnie, the Trapper
Known for
Rebecca
Spartacus
Raymond Massey
Andy Brock
Known for
East of Eden
Things to Come
Anton Walbrook
Peter
Known for
The Red Shoes
La Ronde
Eric Portman
Lieutenant Hirth
Known for
A Canterbury Tale
The Colditz Story
Raymond Lovell
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Known for
Caesar and Cleopatra
Richard George
Kommandant Bernsdorff
Also in
Great Expectations
Tower of Terror
Niall MacGinnis
Vogel
Known for
Jason and the Argonauts
Night of the Demon
Peter Moore
Kranz
John Chandos
Lohrmann
Known for
The Crimson Pirate
The Battle of the River Plate
Finlay Currie
The Factor
Known for
Ben-Hur
Around the World in 80 Days
Glynis Johns
Anna
Known for
Mary Poppins
While You Were Sleeping
Michael Powell Director · Emeric Pressburger Screenplay Freddie Young Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $5.3M · Budget $140K · United States release April 9, 1942
Box office
Budget
$140,000
Worldwide gross
$5,275,000
Gross vs. budget
37.7×
Production
Ortus Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Canada · November 24, 1941
Theatrical
United Kingdom · November 24, 1941
Theatrical
United States · April 9, 1942
Theatrical
Brazil
September 3, 2004 · Physical · Rep. Arrais mj.gov.br
France
April 4, 1952 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 22, 2013 · Physical · DVD
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