49th Parallel
Released: 1941Runtime: —
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada
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Top billed cast
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
Richard George
as Kommandant Bernsdorff
Niall Macginnis
as Vogel
Peter Moore
as Kranz
John Chandos
as Lohrmann
Finlay Currie
as The Factor
Glynis Johns
as Anna
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21Basil Appleby
as Jahner
Ley On
as Nick - the Eskimo
Charles Victor
as Andreas
Frederick Piper
as David
Tawera Moana
as George, the Indian
Eric Clavering
as Art
Charles Rolfe
as Bob
Theodore Salt
as A United States Customs Officer
O W Fonger
as A United States Customs Officer
George Alexander
as Cameo
Robert Beatty
as RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
Eric Berry
as Nazi Radio Announcer
Gron Davies
as Officer on Submarine
Leslie Falardeau
as Aviator on Seaplane
Lionel Grose
as Undetermined Role
Stuart Latham
as Second Nazi Radio Announcer
Norman Luxton
as Man in fringed jacket on balcony at Banff Indian Day
Vincent Massey
as Prologue Narrator (voice)
Percy Parsons
as Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist
Gerry Wilmot
as Canadian Radio Announcer
Jack Hynes
as Aviator on Seaplane
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