Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Powell |
| Producer(s) | Michael Powell, George H. Brown (associate uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941) was a Drama - War Film directed by Michael Powell and produced by Michael Powell and George H. Brown.
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Philip Armstrong Scott:
Nazis? That explains your arrogance, stupidity, and bad manners.
[last lines]
Andy Brock: Put 'em up Nazi... No not that way.
[He raises his hands to fight]
Andy Brock: This way. Cuz I'm not askin for those pants... I'm just taking 'em.
Andy Brock: The government says, "We want men to fight the Nazis, join today." So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry. That was three hundred and eighty seven days ago. Four divisions and a lot of drafts have gone overseas, and what's number B987642 doing? Guarding the Chippewa Canal. Who'd want to steal it anyway?
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[last lines]
Andy Brock: Put 'em up Nazi... No not that way.
[He raises his hands to fight]
Andy Brock: This way. Cuz I'm not askin for those pants... I'm just taking 'em.
Andy Brock: The government says, "We want men to fight the Nazis, join today." So I joined. I figured they were in a hurry. That was three hundred and eighty seven days ago. Four divisions and a lot of drafts have gone overseas, and what's number B987642 doing? Guarding the Chippewa Canal. Who'd want to steal it anyway?
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Facts about
Peter Cushing had gone to Hollywood before the war, but things hadn't worked out too well, and he ended up doing a variety of odd jobs, which is how he came to be making props (not acting) on 49th Parallel. One day he had the job of making flags for model boats to be pushed around a map, and he made a lot of swastikas and laid them out in his digs. They were found by his landlady who promptly called the police.
The submarine used in the opening scenes was a replica built in the Halifax shipyards. The Canadian government, although cooperative in the production, could not spare one of its own submarines, which were then patrolling waters in defense of its borders.
While some people may think that this film was inspired by Franz von Werra's escape from a Canadian POW camp (as portrayed in The One That Got Away), von Werra wasn't sent to Canada until January 1941 and his escape wasn't reported until he got back to Germany in April 1941. This film was written as Powell & Pressburger went to Canada in late 1940 and production was under way by January 1941. Powell & Pressburger wouldn't have heard about von Werra until the film was almost completed.
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The submarine used in the opening scenes was a replica built in the Halifax shipyards. The Canadian government, although cooperative in the production, could not spare one of its own submarines, which were then patrolling waters in defense of its borders.
While some people may think that this film was inspired by Franz von Werra's escape from a Canadian POW camp (as portrayed in The One That Got Away), von Werra wasn't sent to Canada until January 1941 and his escape wasn't reported until he got back to Germany in April 1941. This film was written as Powell & Pressburger went to Canada in late 1940 and production was under way by January 1941. Powell & Pressburger wouldn't have heard about von Werra until the film was almost completed.
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