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.
Cast
Leslie Howard
Philip Armstrong Scott
Laurence Olivier
Johnnie, the Trapper
Raymond Massey
Andy Brock
Anton Walbrook
Peter
Eric Portman
Lieutenant Hirth
Raymond Lovell
Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Richard George
Kommandant Bernsdorff
Niall MacGinnis
Vogel
Peter Moore
Kranz
John Chandos
Lohrmann
Finlay Currie
The Factor
Glynis Johns
Anna
Basil Appleby
Jahner
Ley On
Nick - the Eskimo
Charles Victor
Andreas
Frederick Piper
David
Tawera Moana
George, the Indian
Eric Clavering
Art
Charles Rolfe
Bob
Theodore Salt
A United States Customs Officer
O.W. Fonger
A United States Customs Officer
George Alexander
Cameo
Robert Beatty
RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
Eric Berry
Nazi Radio Announcer
Gron Davies
Officer on Submarine
Leslie Falardeau
Aviator on Seaplane
Lionel Grose
Undetermined Role
Stuart Latham
Second Nazi Radio Announcer
Norman Luxton
Man in fringed jacket on balcony at Banff Indian Day
Vincent Massey
Prologue Narrator (voice)
Percy Parsons
Hi-Jacked Canadian Motorist
Gerry Wilmot
Canadian Radio Announcer
Jack Hynes
Aviator on Seaplane
Crew
Michael Powell
Director, Producer
Rodney Ackland
Scenario Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Scenario Writer, Screenplay, Original Story
David Lean
Editor
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Arthur Seabourne
Assistant Director
Skeets Kelly
Camera Operator
Henty Henty-Creer
Camera Operator
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Art Director
Frederick Pusey
Assistant Art Director
A.W. Watkins
Sound Supervisor
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Walter Darling
Sound Recordist
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Music
Peter Cushing
Props
Nugent M. Clougher
Technical Advisor
Jim Body
Clapper Loader
Osmond Borradaile
Additional Photography
Hugh Stewart
Associate Editor
Harold Boxall
Production Manager
Roland Gillett
Assistant Production Manager
George H. Brown
Assistant Production Manager
David Rawnsley
Art Direction
John Sutro
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