49th Parallel

Running 2h 3m and made in United Kingdom, 49th Parallel (1941) is a War and Thriller film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Leslie Howard and Laurence Olivier; Michael Powell directs. 131 votes put it at 7/10. 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.