49th Parallel

Name: 49th Parallel
Director: Michael Powell
Released: 1941
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George, Eric Portman, Raymond Lovell

1941 · 123 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 8,078 VOTES · DIR. Michael Powell

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,476 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:40 I see a long, straight line athwart a continent.

00:10:46 Good.

00:16:28 Who's been using my hot water, eh?

00:20:24 They've given Poland a terrible time. Wiped out Warsaw.

00:24:26 Maudit cochon!

00:28:46 9- A-U-E CQing C-Y-7-B.

00:32:40 Perhaps you've read it?

00:36:45 It'll be here in three hours. There's a police boat coming too.

00:45:14 - But we'll need 15 flying hours. Do you hear? - I'm not deaf.

00:51:53 Aren't you coming to the settlement?

00:56:08 You may find some from the same part of your country as yourselves.

00:59:50 Men, women and children are all our enemies and must be treated as such.

01:05:24 Eh? What? Oh, good!

01:09:31 your brothers.

01:14:01 Please, don't go.

01:20:01 The road west is plain enough. Follow the River Assiniboine for 50 miles.

01:29:24 Touchy beasts.

01:33:18 I tell you, Lohrmann, they're rotten to the core. There's no fight in them.

01:37:46 This will be enlightening.

01:42:27 This way!

01:47:06 One armed superman...

01:52:05 Are you in trouble with the police?

01:56:47 You don't like the job they gave you. You don't like the food.

12:30:18 France laid down her arms.

Cast & Characters

Leslie Howard Philip Armstrong Scott (The Canadians) Laurence Olivier Johnnie, the Trapper (The Canadians) Richard George Kommandant Bernsdorff (The U-Boat Crew) Eric Portman Lieutenant Hirth (The U-Boat Crew) Raymond Lovell Lieutenant Kuhnecke (The U-Boat Crew) Niall MacGinnis Vogel (The U-Boat Crew) Peter Moore Kranz (The U-Boat Crew) John Chandos Lohrmann (The U-Boat Crew) Basil Appleby Jahner (The U-Boat Crew) Finlay Currie The Factor (The Canadians)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,476

Dialogue density12.0 lines / min

First line00:02:40

Final line12:30:18

Production Record

DirectorMichael Powell

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes8,078