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Lifeboat
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1944•1h 36m•NR•★ 7.4
Drama / War
Synopsis
Following the torpedoing of a passenger freighter by a German U-boat in the North Atlantic, a diverse group of British and American survivors huddles in a crowded lifeboat, unknowingly taking in the Nazi captain of the sunken submarine. Alfred Hitchcock's technical tour-de-force of single-location suspense written by John Steinbeck starring Tallulah Bankhead.
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Cast & Crew
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
WriterJo SwerlingBen Hecht
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
MusicHugo Friedhofer
Principal Cast
Tallulah BankheadConnie Porter
William BendixGus Smith
Walter SlezakWilli
Mary AndersonAlice MacKenzie
John HodiakJohn Kovac
Henry HullCharles J. Rittenhouse
Heather AngelMrs. Higley
Hume CronynStanley "Sparks" Garrett
Technical Specifications
Runtime1h 36m (96 mins)
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Production Details
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguagesEnglish, German
CountryUS
Studio20th Century Fox
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