CRITERION COLLECTION: 49TH PARALLEL

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• Release Year: 1941
• Genre: War
• Plot: At once a compelling piece of anti-isolationist propaganda and a quick-witted wartime thriller, 49th Parallel is a classic early work from the inimitable British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. When a Nazi U-boat crew headed by the ruthless Eric Portman is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the United States. Both soul-stirring and delightfully entertaining, 49th Parallel features a colorful cavalcade of characters played by larger-than-life actors Laurence Olivier, Raymond Massey, Anton Walbrook and Leslie Howard.
• Cast: Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell, Niall MacGinnis, Peter Moore, John Chandos, Basil Appleby, Laurence Olivier, Finlay Currie, Ley On, Anton Walbrook, Glynis Johns, Charles Victor, Frederick Piper, Leslie Howard, Tawera Moana, Eric Clavering, Charles Rolfe, Raymond Massey, Theodore Salt, O.W. Fonger, Robert Beatty, Elisabeth Bergner, Eric Berry, Gron Davies, Leslie Falardeau, Lionel Grose, Jack Hynes, Stuart Latham, Norman Luxton, Vincent Massey, Percy Parsons, Gerry Wilmot, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
• Director: Michael Powell
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Granada International Media, The Criterion Collection, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie