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49th Parallel

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

Director

Michael Powell

Year

Genre

drama, thriller, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Ortus Films

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Philip Armstrong Scott

Andy Brock

Johnnie - The Trapper

Laurence Olivier

Peter

Lieutenant Ernst Hirth

Anna

Vogel

Niall MacGinnis

The Factor

Lieutenant Kuhnecke

Lohrmann

Jahner

Art

Andreas

Nick - the Eskimo

Kommandant Bernsdorff

Kranz

David

Frederick Piper

George - the Indian

Bob

A United States Customs Officer

A United States Customs Officer

Anna (replaced by Glynis Johns)

Elisabeth Bergner

Cameo Appearance

George Alexander

RCMP Mountie in Alberta

Nazi Radio Announcer

Officer on Submarine

Aviator on Seaplane

Leslie Falardeau

Undetermined Secondary Role

Aviator on Seaplane

Second Nazi Radio Announcer

Man in Fringed Jacket on Balcony at Banff Indian Day

Prologue Narrator

Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist

Canadian Radio Announcer

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Andy Brock Johnnie, The Trapper Philip Armstrong Scott Lieutenant Hirth

I see a long, straight
line athwart a continent. - 49th Parallel

I see a long, straight line athwart a continent.

Crew, get to your stations! - 49th Parallel

Crew, get to your stations!

Fine work, Hirth. - 49th Parallel

Fine work, Hirth.

Stop motors! - 49th Parallel

- Your ship?
- The Anticostilite. - 49th Parallel

- Your ship? - The Anticostilite.

Action stations! Prepare to dive! - 49th Parallel

Action stations! Prepare to dive!

Full speed ahead. - 49th Parallel

Full speed ahead.

Only a fool would imagine
we could raid enemy ships for supplies now. - 49th Parallel

Only a fool would imagine we could raid enemy ships for supp...

Too many damned icebergs about. - 49th Parallel

Too many damned icebergs about.

Where are we? The North Pole? - 49th Parallel

Where are we? The North Pole?

- 95 degrees.
- 95 degrees, Herr Kommandant. - 49th Parallel

- 95 degrees. - 95 degrees, Herr Kommandant.

Submarine ahead, off Wolstenholme. - 49th Parallel

Submarine ahead, off Wolstenholme.

It's her, all right. U-37. - 49th Parallel

It's her, all right. U-37.

Five... - 49th Parallel

Swine! Filthy swine! Devils... - 49th Parallel

Swine! Filthy swine! Devils...

- Hello, Johnnie!
- What's going on here? Who are you? - 49th Parallel

- Hello, Johnnie! - What's going on here? Who are you?

Sure thing I stay till the boat come And wait till you see my skins - 49th Parallel

Sure thing I stay till the boat come And wait till you see...

- Well, here's the skin off your nose.
- And off yours too, you old walrus! - 49th Parallel

- Well, here's the skin off your nose. - And off yours ...

The dogs are noisy tonight. - 49th Parallel

The dogs are noisy tonight.

Get your rifles! - 49th Parallel

Get your rifles!

You can't leave him there like that.
You dirty lot of murderers! - 49th Parallel

You can't leave him there like that. You dirty lot of m...

Killers, that's all you are. - 49th Parallel

Killers, that's all you are.

- Well, that should do it, Vogel?
- Yes, Herr Leutnant. - 49th Parallel

- Well, that should do it, Vogel? - Yes, Herr Leutnant.

- Where do you keep the money?
- There is none. - 49th Parallel

- Where do you keep the money? - There is none.

Timiyut! Timiyut! - 49th Parallel

Timiyut! Timiyut!

What's the trouble at the post?
What's happened to the factor? - 49th Parallel

What's the trouble at the post? What's happened to...

I'm a German officer.
I warn you not to resist. - 49th Parallel

I'm a German officer. I warn you not to resist.

Cease-fire! Kranz, stand guard!
Kuhnecke and Lohrmann, get the boats ready. - 49th Parallel

Cease-fire! Kranz, stand guard! Kuhnecke and Lohrmann, get t...

Hey, you. - 49th Parallel

What's he trying to say? - 49th Parallel

What's he trying to say?

When... - 49th Parallel

I can't take off. We're overloaded.
Throw something out. - 49th Parallel

I can't take off. We're overloaded. Throw somethin...

Still no use. Everything will have to go. - 49th Parallel

Still no use. Everything will have to go.

Emergency tank. I had
to switch over, that's all. - 49th Parallel

Emergency tank. I had to switch over, that's all.

- Throw something out!
- What? - 49th Parallel

- Throw something out! - What?

Out! Out! - 49th Parallel

Vogel! Vogel! - 49th Parallel

Herr Leutnant. Herr Leutnant!
Herr Leutnant! - 49th Parallel

Herr Leutnant. Herr Leutnant! Herr Leutnant!

No not that way - 49th Parallel

No not that way

German. - 49th Parallel

Oh leave that - 49th Parallel

- Herr Leutnant?
- Either of you seen Vogel? - 49th Parallel

- Herr Leutnant? - Either of you seen Vogel?

He's asking for you. - 49th Parallel

He's asking for you.

We are not - 49th Parallel

Is that you, Anna? - 49th Parallel

Is that you, Anna?

Engine Room Artificer Vogel. - 49th Parallel

Engine Room Artificer Vogel.

The sentence will be carried
out immediately in the name of the Führer. - 49th Parallel

The sentence will be carried out immediately in the name of ...

"Investigations by the RCMP" - 49th Parallel

"Investigations by the RCMP"

Give me the glasses. - 49th Parallel

Give me the glasses.

Those are the Three Sisters Mountains. - 49th Parallel

Those are the Three Sisters Mountains.

You say these three men were here? - 49th Parallel

You say these three men were here?

Herr Leutnant, there's a trail. - 49th Parallel

Herr Leutnant, there's a trail.

You've chosen a very beautiful place
for your holiday. - 49th Parallel

You've chosen a very beautiful place for your holiday.

Well, gentlemen, welcome
to my humble tepee. - 49th Parallel

Well, gentlemen, welcome to my humble tepee.

Well that explains everything - 49th Parallel

Well that explains everything

You feel happier now, don't you? - 49th Parallel

You feel happier now, don't you?

Thomas Mann. - 49th Parallel

Blackfoot Tribal Customs. - 49th Parallel

Blackfoot Tribal Customs.

Darn them horses. Stampeded again. - 49th Parallel

Darn them horses. Stampeded again.

Four. - 49th Parallel

It's you. I hoped it
was the other fellow. - 49th Parallel

It's you. I hoped it was the other fellow.

That's for Thomas Mann! - 49th Parallel

That's for Thomas Mann!

You'll be OK here. - 49th Parallel

You'll be OK here.

Hello. - 49th Parallel

The government said We want men to fight the Nazis Join today - 49th Parallel

The government said We want men to fight the Nazis Join...

Well, I'm a son of a... - 49th Parallel

Well, I'm a son of a...

Unless you're anxious to be shot,
you won't move. - 49th Parallel

Unless you're anxious to be shot, you won't move.

You dirty Nazi Yes I'm a Nazi Heil Hitler - 49th Parallel

You dirty Nazi Yes I'm a Nazi Heil Hitler

I can grouse about the food and the C O And anything I blame please - 49th Parallel

I can grouse about the food and the C O And anything I blame...

49th Parallel poster

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A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

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Director: Michael Powell

Writer: Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland

Production: Ortus Films

Genre: drama, thriller, war

Year: 1941

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Apr 1942

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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