Synopsis
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
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