49th Parallel (1941) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Powell.

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
• Peter Moore as Kranz
• John Chandos as Lohrmann
• Finlay Currie as The Factor
• Glynis Johns as Anna
• Basil Appleby as Jahner
• Ley On as Nick - the Eskimo
• Charles Victor as Andreas
• Frederick Piper as David
• Tawera Moana as George, the Indian
• Eric Clavering as Art
• Charles Rolfe as Bob
• Theodore Salt as A United States Customs Officer
• O.W. Fonger as A United States Customs Officer
• George Alexander as Cameo
• Robert Beatty as RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
• Eric Berry as Nazi Radio Announcer
• Gron Davies as Officer on Submarine
• Leslie Falardeau as Aviator on Seaplane
• Lionel Grose as Undetermined Role
• Stuart Latham as Second Nazi Radio Announcer
• Norman Luxton as Man in fringed jacket on balcony at Banff Indian Day
• Vincent Massey as Prologue Narrator (voice)
• Percy Parsons as Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist
• Gerry Wilmot as Canadian Radio Announcer
• Jack Hynes as Aviator on Seaplane

Crew

• Michael Powell — Director
• Emeric Pressburger — Screenplay
• Michael Powell — Producer
• Freddie Young — Director of Photography

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