49th Parallel

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.

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Leslie Howard
  as Philip Armstrong Scott
• 
  Laurence Olivier
  as Johnnie, the Trapper
• 
  Raymond Massey
  as Andy Brock
• 
  Anton Walbrook
  as Peter
• 
  Eric Portman
  as Lieutenant Hirth
• 
  Raymond Lovell
  as Lieutenant Kuhnecke

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