Lifeboat (1944)
"Six men and three women - against the sea and each other."
Synopsis
In the Atlantic during WWII, a ship and a German U-boat are involved in a battle and both are sunk. The survivors from the ship gather in one of the boats. They are from a variety of backgrounds: an international journalist, a rich businessman, the radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor and an engineer with communist tendencies. Trouble starts when they pull a man out of the water who turns out to be from the U-boat. (© IMDB)
Production
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Pre-Production
Screenplay
Casting
Principal Photography
Release & Reception
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Technical Information
- black & white
- sound mix: mono (Western Electric Sound System)
- aspect ratio: 1.37:1 Spherical
- running time: 96 minutes
- production studio: 20th Century Fox
Blu-ray Releases
released in 2012
Lifeboat (1944) - Eureka Entertainment (Bluray, UK, 2012) ...also contains Bon Voyage (1944) & Aventure Malgache (1944) Amazon (UK) |
DVD Releases
released in 2006
Lifeboat (1944) - Fox Home Entertainment (France, July 2006) PAL 1.33:1 | |
Um Barco e Nove Destinos (1944) - Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil, 2006) NTSC 1.33:1 | |
Lifeboat (1944) - Fox Home Entertainment (UK, 2006) PAL 1.33:1 [01:33:30] | |
Lifeboat (1944) - Fox Home Entertainment (France, 2006) PAL 1.33:1 [01:33:30] |
- to view all of the DVD releases of this film, see Lifeboat (1944) - DVD releases
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Film Frames
Themes
- confined setting - the lifeboat
- the Hitchcock cameo - starring in the newspaper advert for "Reduco" (more details)
Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Starring:
- Tallulah Bankhead - Constance "Connie" Porter
- William Bendix - Gus Smith
- Walter Slezak - Willy
- Mary Anderson - Alice MacKenzie
- John Hodiak - John Kovac
- Henry Hull - Charles D "Ritt" Rittenhouse
- Heather Angel - Mrs Higgins
- Hume Cronyn - Stanley Garrett
- Canada Lee - George "Joe" Spencer
- William Yetter Junior - German sailor
Produced by:
Written by:
- Ben Hecht
- John Steinbeck - original story
- Jo Swerling
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Edited by:
Music by:
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