49th Parallel

About 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.

Michael Powell's 49th Parallel is a 1941 thriller war film. The film is filed under airplane, mountain, canada, and propaganda.

Leslie Howard takes the lead as Philip Armstrong Scott, Laurence Olivier as Johnnie, the Trapper, Raymond Massey as Andy Brock, and Anton Walbrook as Peter. Released in November 1941, it runs 123 minutes.

The screenplay is by Emeric Pressburger. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Casablanca, The Great Dictator, and The Great Escape make useful companions to 49th Parallel, all filed under escape, nazi, and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 130 votes and it carries a NR rating.