Lifeboat (1944)

Release date: 1944-01-28
Country: USA
Language: English|German|French
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: War, Drama
Rating: 7.7/10
Length: 1h 37min

Storyline

In the Atlantic during World War II, 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.

Plot Keywords

sea, nazi, u boat, lifeboat, world war two, mink coat, leg amputation, lost at sea, dehydration, drowning, ship wreck, bare chested male, murder, knife, suicide, drunkenness, kiss, bracelet, storm at sea

Short Review

Despite that it's a slow starter, the picture, from the beginning, leaves a strong impact and, before too long, develops into the type of suspenseful product with which Hitchcock has always been identified.