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Release Date: 1944

Cast: John Hodiak, William Bendix, Mary Anderson, Heather Angel, John Steinbeck, Hume Cronyn, Canada Lee, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Hull, William Yetter Jr., Walter Slezak

Categories: Movies, Film Adaptation, Drama Film, Adventure Drama, Ensemble Film, War Film

Lifeboat (1944) is an American war film directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a story written by John Steinbeck. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn and Canada Lee, and is set entirely on a lifeboat. The film is the first in Hitchcock's 'limited-setting' films, the others being Rope (1948), Dial M for Murder (1954), and Rear Window (1954). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Motion Picture Story and Best Black and White Cinematography. Several American and... MORE

Lifeboat (1944) is an American war film directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a story written by John Steinbeck. The film stars Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn and Canada Lee, and is set entirely on a lifeboat. The film is the first in Hitchcock's 'limited-setting' films, the others being Rope (1948), Dial M for Murder (1954), and Rear Window (1954). The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Motion Picture Story and Best Black and White Cinematography. Several American and British civilians are stuck in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U-boat sink each other in combat. Willi (Slezak), a German survivor, is pulled aboard and denies being an enemy officer. During an animated debate, Kovac (Hodiak) demands the German be thrown out and allowed to drown. However, cooler heads prevail, with Garrett (Cronyn) and columnist Connie Porter (Bankhead) asserting the German's prisoner of war status, and he is allowed to stay. One passenger, an infant, dies almost immediately after boarding. His mother, a young English woman (Angel), who, after being treated LESS