LIFEBOAT (1944)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Classics Drama War Trains, Planes & Boats

Cast

TALLULAH BANKHEAD WILLIAM BENDIX WALTER SLEZAK MARY ANDERSON JOHN HODIAK HENRY HULL HEATHER ANGEL HUME CRONYN

Plot

Nine survivors of a torpedoed ship, awaiting a rescue that may never arrive, find themselves in the same lifeboat as the captain of the U-Boat that sank them. Filmed as a propaganda effort, Lifeboat still manages effortlessly to convey the claustrophobia of the setting. Nominated for 3 Oscars, this is a nail-biting thriller from the master of suspense.