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A Nazi U-Boat crew stranded in Canada strive to reach the still-neutral US. Laurence Olivier stars in this 1941 propaganda classic aimed at encouraging America to join the war.

Keywords:

Drama, Thriller, War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1941) (UK) (4 Star)

Cast:

Eric Portman	.... Lieutnant Hans Hirth
Richard George	.... Kommandant Bernsdorff
Raymond Lovell	.... Lieutenant Kuhnecke
Niall MacGinnis	.... Vogel
Peter Moore	.... Kranz
John Chandos	.... Lohrmann

Supporting Cast:

Basil Appleby	.... Jahner
Laurence Olivier	.... Johnnie
Finlay Currie	.... Albert
Ley On	.... Nick the Eskimo
Anton Walbrook	.... Peter
Glynis Johns	.... Anna
Charles Victor	.... Andreas
Frederick Piper	.... David
Leslie Howard	.... Philip Armstrong Scott

Directors:

Michael Powell

Writers:

Rodney Ackland
Emeric Pressburger