Lifeboat

Starring: Bankhead, Tallulah and Bendix, William

A chic writer, a stoker and others drift with the U-boat captain who has sunk their ship.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 738329207427
• Release Date: January 2017
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Kino Video
• Director: Hitchcock, Alfred
• Starring: Bankhead, Tallulah, Bendix, William
• Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Dying together's even more personal than living together.

What would you do if you were stuck in a lifeboat with a hodgepodge of people and limited supplies? Does this sound like one of those corporate games? Well, watch this movie and see how close you come to this fascinating H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k (John Steinbeck story adapted by Jo Swerling) tale. Shot in monochrome adds to the hopeless feel. It is WWII, and a ship is torpedoed and its lifeboats are shot at. Before they went down, they dispatched the dastardly U-Boat. Now, the only remaining Lifeboat is being loaded one at a time with a self-centered female journalist (Tallulah Bankhead), a boisterous businessman (Henry Hull), the radio ship’s operator, a timid nurse, a ship’s steward, a wounded sailor (William Bendix), and an overbearing engineer. We do not stop here; the next to be pulled aboard does not speak English (Walter Slezak). As with all mixed people movies, we slowly learn about everyone's background and a few secrets. As they start picking on each other, we see that the only stable person seems to be the U-Boat passenger they picked up. If it were not for him, people would have died or gotten lost. Besides doing most of the thinking for them, he also has to do most of the rowing. So why is everyone so upset? Will they make it on their limited supplies and against the unpredictable sea?