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24/11/1941 War, Thriller 2h 3m
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THE MIGHTEST MANHUNT THAT EVER SWEPT THE SCREEN!

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.

  1. Michael Powell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Leslie Howard

    Philip Armstrong Scott

  2. Laurence Olivier

    Johnnie, the Trapper

  3. Raymond Massey

    Andy Brock

  4. Anton Walbrook

    Peter

  5. Eric Portman

    Lieutenant Hirth

  6. Raymond Lovell

    Lieutenant Kuhnecke

  7. Richard George

    Kommandant Bernsdorff

  8. Niall MacGinnis

    Vogel

  9. Peter Moore

    Kranz

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-25
A quirky war film for various reasons, this one. A Nazi submarine crew are raiding North Atlantic shipping when their submarine is destroyed near the Canadian coast. The crew of survivors - led by a curiously cast Eric Portman - take over an Hudson's bay Company post frequented by a French-Canadian Laurence Olivier and Finlay Currie - a redoubtable Scot who is determined not to to stand for this "invasion". What follows is a sightly haphazard series of stories depicting their attempt to make it back to the Fatherland - by just about every means of transport - barring an hot air balloon - known...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$140,000.00

Revenue
$5,275,000.00

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