The Invaders
“THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!”
Synopsis
At the beginning of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. To avoid capture, a group of German soldiers, led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth, tries to cross the border into the United States, a country that has not yet joined the war and remains officially neutral. During their journey, the German soldiers meet several courageous individuals, including a French-Canadian fur trapper named Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community named Peter, an author named Philip, and a soldier named Andy Brock.
Credits
- Leslie Howardas Philip Armstrong Scott (The Canadians)
- Laurence Olivieras Johnnie, the Trapper (The Canadians)
- Richard Georgeas Kommandant Bernsdorff (The U-Boat Crew)
- Eric Portmanas Lieutenant Hirth (The U-Boat Crew)
- Raymond Lovellas Lieutenant Kuhnecke (The U-Boat Crew)
- Niall Macginnisas Vogel (The U-Boat Crew)
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Craft leads on file
Edited by David LeanShot by Freddie YoungScored by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Box Office
1941 · Box office
Produced on a $140K budget
Production budget
$140K
Also known as
- Der 49. Breitengradde
- The Invadersen
- 49e Parallèlefr
- 49ème parallèlefr
- Gli invasori - 49mo paralleloit
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Leslie Howard
as Philip Armstrong Scott (The Canadians)
Laurence Olivier
as Johnnie, the Trapper (The Canadians)
Richard George
as Kommandant Bernsdorff (The U-Boat Crew)
Eric Portman
as Lieutenant Hirth (The U-Boat Crew)
Raymond Lovell
as Lieutenant Kuhnecke (The U-Boat Crew)
Niall Macginnis
as Vogel (The U-Boat Crew)
Peter Moore
as Kranz (The U-Boat Crew)
John Chandos
as Lohrmann (The U-Boat Crew)
Basil Appleby
as Jahner (The U-Boat Crew)
Finlay Currie
as The Factor (The Canadians)
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1Other crew
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