Directed by:
Michael PowellCinematography:
Freddie YoungCast:
Eric Portman, Niall MacGinnis, Laurence Olivier, Finlay Currie, Anton Walbrook, Glynis Johns, Frederick Piper, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey, Percy Parsons (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
When a Nazi U-boat crew, headed by the ruthless Eric Portman, is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities, before trying to cross the border into the United States. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Eric Portman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247421_c52cae.jpg)
Eric Portman
UK
Best movies:
Freud (1962)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
The Magic Box (1951)
![Niall MacGinnis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319071_772829.jpg)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
![Laurence Olivier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653386_e9c43e.jpg)
Laurence Olivier
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
![Finlay Currie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247450_f84ab9.jpg)
Finlay Currie
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Cleopatra (1963)
Great Expectations (1946)
![Anton Walbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247428_679245.jpg)
Anton Walbrook
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
![Glynis Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270267_c30eab.jpg)
Glynis Johns
South Africa
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Court Jester (1955)
![Frederick Piper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505327_68e88a.jpg)
Frederick Piper
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Woman Alone (1936)
![Leslie Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272981_371e6f.jpg)
Leslie Howard
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
![Raymond Massey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505188_e32e59.jpg)
Raymond Massey
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
East of Eden (1955)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
![Percy Parsons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634041_478a5f.jpg)
Percy Parsons
USA
Best movies:
The Citadel (1938)
Blackmail (1929)
The Invaders (1941)
![Charles Rolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391740_d54b73.jpg)
Charles Rolfe
Australia
Best movies:
The Invaders (1941)
Convoy (1940)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Raymond Lovell
Canada
Best movies:
The Invaders (1941)
Contraband (1940)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
![Charles Victor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/594/165594253_ccb078.jpg)
Charles Victor
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
John Chandos
UK
Best movies:
Man with a Million (1954)
Spitfire (1942)
The Invaders (1941)
Eric Berry
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Invaders (1941)
The Edge of the World (1937)
Eric Clavering
UK
Best movies:
The Incredible Journey (1963)
To Kill a Clown (1972)
Sunday in the Country (1974)