Lifeboat

Lifeboat

1944

Using a story by John Steinbeck as inspiration, Alfred Hitchcock stages a gripping World War II drama by cramming eight survivors of a German torpedo attack into the hull of a tiny lifeboat -- among them, a magazine writer (Tallulah Bankhead), a radio operator (Hume Cronyn) and a crazy woman (Heather Angel) clutching the corpse of her dead baby. But the real trouble starts when one of the survivors (Walter Slezak) reveals he's a Nazi.

Who goes Primitive first...A man...Or a woman...adrift in an open boat ?

JBscale

84

Excellent

Film Detail

Genre

Thriller - Military and War

Length

1 hr. 36 mins.

US Theatrical Release

January 12, 1944

US Box Office

No Data Available

Global Office

No Data Available

Rating

NR

Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method

Special Edition Digital Only

Aquired Format

Fandango at Home

Aspect Ratio

FS 1.33:1

Audio

English: DD+ 5.1

Studio

20th Century Fox

Released

October 18, 2005

Acquired Date

December 25, 2008

Times Seen

1 Time

Last Watched

March 17, 2009

Actors

Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead

William Bendix

William Bendix

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

John Hodiak

John Hodiak

Hume Cronym

Hume Cronym

Canada Lee

Canada Lee

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Heather Angel

Heather Angel

Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Producers

Kenneth Macgowan

Kenneth Macgowan

Writers

Jo Swerling

Jo Swerling

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User Reviews

3.17.2009 by biglummox (9/10)

Ratings

JB Users

90

Superior

RT Fresh

90%

Tomatometer

31 votes

RT Fresh Certified

87%

Popcornmeter

577 votes

METASCORE

78

13 votes

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

32,188 votes

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