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Lifeboat

  • 19441944
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  • 1h 37m
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7.6/10
30K
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Lifeboat (1944)
Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
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Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
30K
YOUR RATING
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • John Steinbeck(by)
    • Jo Swerling(screen play)
    • Alfred Hitchcock(story idea)
  • Stars
    • Tallulah Bankhead
    • John Hodiak
    • Walter Slezak
    • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Writers
    • John Steinbeck(by)
    • Jo Swerling(screen play)
    • Alfred Hitchcock(story idea)
  • Stars
    • Tallulah Bankhead
    • John Hodiak
    • Walter Slezak
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 183User reviews
    • 70Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars

    Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:28
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    Photos89

    Heather Angel and Canada Lee in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, Mary Anderson, Heather Angel, John Hodiak, and Walter Slezak in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat (1944)
    William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, and Henry Hull in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, and Walter Slezak in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, and Henry Hull in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, and Henry Hull in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, and Canada Lee in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead and John Hodiak in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, and Henry Hull in Lifeboat (1944)
    Alfred Hitchcock, William Bendix, and Mary Anderson in Lifeboat (1944)
    Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, Heather Angel, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Canada Lee, and Walter Slezak in Lifeboat (1944)

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    Tallulah Bankhead
    Tallulah Bankhead
    • Connie Porter
    John Hodiak
    John Hodiak
    • John Kovac
    Walter Slezak
    Walter Slezak
    • Willi
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • Gus Smith
    Mary Anderson
    Mary Anderson
    • Alice MacKenzie
    Henry Hull
    Henry Hull
    • Charles J. Rittenhouse
    Heather Angel
    Heather Angel
    • Mrs. Higley
    Hume Cronyn
    Hume Cronyn
    • Stanley Garrett
    Canada Lee
    Canada Lee
    • Joe Spencer
    William Yetter Jr.
    William Yetter Jr.
    • Young German Sailor
    • (uncredited)
      • Alfred Hitchcock
    • Writers
      • John Steinbeck(by)
      • Jo Swerling(screen play)
      • Alfred Hitchcock(story idea) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The harsh conditions of the shoot took its toll: actors and actresses were soaked with water and oil, which led to two cases of pneumonia for Tallulah Bankhead, an illness for Mary Anderson, and two cracked ribs for Hume Cronyn according to his autobiography. Production was temporarily halted twice to allow for recovery of the cast.
    • Goofs
      When Connie's diamond bracelet is used as a fishing lure, the fish that swallows it is a carp, which is a fresh water fish. Also, as carp are toothless herbivores, it would be unlikely to strike at a flashy lure.
    • Quotes

      Connie Porter: Dying together's even more personal than living together.

    • Connections
      Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
      (1942) (uncredited)

      Music by Sam H. Stept

      Lyrics by Charles Tobias and Lew Brown

      Played on flute by Canada Lee and sung by William Bendix

    User reviews183

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    7/10
    I'd like to be lost at sea with this great cast anyday
    In one of Alfred Hitchcock's earliest films, six people with different personalities and backgrounds are stranded together in a lifeboat after the passenger-carrying freighter they are on is sunk by a German u-boat in the Mid-Atlantic. The cast includes the fabulous Tallulah Bankhead as a bitchy photo-journalist, Hume Cronyn as kind-hearted man who finds love on the lifeboat, Canada Lee as a kind steward, Walter Slezak as a mysterious German, and John Hodiak who has to dodge Tallulah's nonstop advances. Hitchcock did this film on one set - the single lifeboat. What's amazing is that he could keep things interesting for two hours, but he managed to somehow. Bankhead is this movie's greatest asset. Reportedly, she didn't wear underwear on the set and constantly kept the crew at attention! This is a great, novel film.
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    • sabby
    • Apr 16, 1999

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    • Release date
      • January 28, 1944 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • German
      • French
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    • Filming locations
      • Florida Keys, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Black and White

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