49th Parallel (1941): Where to Watch, Cast & Facts

49th Parallel (1941) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Leslie Howard as Philip Armstrong Scott; Laurence Olivier as Johnnie, the Trapper; Raymond Massey as Andy Brock; Anton Walbrook as Peter; Eric Portman as Lieutenant Hirth; Raymond Lovell as Lieutenant Kuhnecke; Richard George as Kommandant Bernsdorff; Niall MacGinnis as Vogel

About 49th Parallel

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.

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Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.