Movie
Lifeboat
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1944-01-28
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tallulah Bankhead as Connie Porter
- William Bendix as Gus Smith
- Walter Slezak as Willi
- Mary Anderson as Alice MacKenzie
- John Hodiak as John Kovac
- Henry Hull as Charles J. Rittenhouse
- Heather Angel as Mrs. Higley
- Hume Cronyn as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
- Canada Lee as Joe Spencer
- William Yetter Jr. as Young German Sailor (uncredited)
Crew
- Alfred Hitchcock - Director
- Ben Hecht - Writer
- Jo Swerling - Screenplay
- John Steinbeck - Story
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