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Second World War suspense drama, the first of two Saturday
Matinée films made by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger , starring Eric Portman , Laurence Olivier
A Nazi U-boat is sunk off the Canadian coast while a small group of crew members is searching for supplies on shore. The stranded men are forced to go on the run across a hostile landscape.
Lt Ernst Hirth ERIC PORTMAN , Johnnie Barras LAURENCE OLIVIER.
Philip Armstrong Scott LESLIE HOWARD. Peter ANTON WALBROOK. Andy Brock RAYMOND MASSEY , Anna GLYNIS JOHNS, Vogel NIALL MACGINNIS , Albert FINLAY CURRIE
(1941, U) Blackandwhite Subtitled .... ♦ See Films: pages 52-61 ****

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Michael Powell
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Emeric Pressburger
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Eric Portman
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Laurence Olivier
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Lt Ernst Hirth Eric Portman
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Johnnie Barras Laurence Olivier.
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Philip Armstrong Scott Leslie Howard.
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Peter Anton Walbrook.
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Andy Brock
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Raymond Massey
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Anna Glynis Johns,
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Vogel Niall MacGinnis
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Albert Finlay Currie
Source: Radio Times

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