Movie
Lifeboat
1944NR1h 36m7.4 / 10
Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Synopsis
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
Cast, crew and production details
About Lifeboat
Cast
Tallulah BankheadConnie Porter
William BendixGus Smith
Walter SlezakWilli
Mary AndersonAlice MacKenzie
John HodiakJohn Kovac
Henry HullCharles J. Rittenhouse
Heather AngelMrs. Higley
Hume CronynStanley "Sparks" GarrettCredits
- Directed by
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Written by
- Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Steinbeck
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $1M
Production
20th Century FoxUnited States
Themes
black and whiteboatjournalistlifeboatradio operatorseasubmarinesurvivalworld war ii
