Lifeboat
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Lifeboat

Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!

7.4 / 10 1944 1h 36mNR English
WarDrama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Bankhead

Connie Porter

Lead
William Bendix

William Bendix

Gus Smith

Walter Slezak

Walter Slezak

Willi

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson

Alice MacKenzie

John Hodiak

John Hodiak

John Kovac

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Charles J. Rittenhouse

Heather Angel

Heather Angel

Mrs. Higley

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alfred Hitchcock's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Lifeboat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker