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1941

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After being sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Canadian Air Force, six German U-boat survivors attempt to escape into the United States. Read more

Starring	Eric Portman, Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook, Leslie Howard
Director	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressbu
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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49th Parallel

After being sunk in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the Canadian Air Force, six German U-boat survivors attempt to escape into the United States.

Starring	Eric Portman, Laurence Olivier, Anton Walbrook, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey
Director	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressbu
Studio	ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 57 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1941 To Rent: DVD: 15 Apr 2002

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  Prime Propaganda From Powell and Pressburger
  
  Powell and Pressburger worked together on a number of great films- some of which were set during war time (Colonel Blimp, A Matter of Life and Death, Canterbury... read more »
  
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  Engaging
  
  Epidsodic, at times ridiculous, but on the whole a satisfying experience. I watched it with my dad who remembers going to the cinema to see it when it came out... read more »
  
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  - 05 Feb 2012 at 11:13
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  Just because it's in black and white, has got a u-boat and Eric Portman in it doesn't make it a great war movie
  
  It sounds terrific in the description: U-boat crew stranded in Canada, Eric Portman, Laurie Olivier, Powel & Pressburger: can't go wrong. Oh no?
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  Good plot but too much lecturing!
  
  I know this was written to make a point (to get the USA to join the war against Nazi Germany) but it makes it a bit too often and without the subtilty one ... read more »
  
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Gaslight to shine again
- 26 Jan 2006
Plans are in the offing for a remake of the classic film Gaslight. The story of a dastardly husband who tries to drive his wife insane was made into a film twice in the 1940s. A first British version, which starred Anton Walbrook (The Red Shoes, 49th Parallel) and Diana Wynyard (Tom Brown's Schooldays, An Ideal Husband), was followed by a US version that earned its star Ingrid Bergman her first Oscar. The third Gaslight will be directed by Brit Joe Wright, who also made this year's Pride &... Read more
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