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49th Parallel is a 1941 British war drama film. It was the third film made by the British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It was released in the United States as The Invaders. [4] .
Scenario: Emeric Pressburger. Dialogue: Rodney Ackland. Cinematography: Frederick Young. Editor: David Lean. Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Music Direction: Muir Mathieson. Associate Producers: Roland Gillett, George Brown. Production Supervisor: Harold Boxall. Assistant Director: A. Seabourne. FEATURES.
The script of Emeric Pressburger [from a scenario by him and Rodney Ackland] is direct and forceful.
At once a compelling piece of anti-isolationist propaganda and a quick-witted wartime thriller, 49th Parallel is a classic early work from the inimitable British filmmaking team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
- Philip Armstrong Scott
Oct 1, 2021 · At the back of my mind was playwright Rodney Ackland’s acerbic description of Pressburger’s inscrutable “flat Hungarian face”, that would make “the visages of Dr Fu-manchu, Charlie Chan and the beloved po-face of Alan Ladd look, by comparison, like mirrors of tempestuous emotion.”
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49th parallel Janus Films ; General Film Distributors, Ltd. ; an Ortus Films production ; original story and screenplay by Emeric Pressburger ; scenario by Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger ; produced and directed by Michael Powell. As the voice over proclaims, the 49th parallel is the only undefended frontier in the world.
