Lifeboat (Special Edition) (1944)
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Tallulah Bankhead
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Category Keywords: Character Study Disaster Essential Cinema High Seas Recommended Suspense Thriller World War II
Rating: NR
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| After their ship is sunk in the Atlantic by Germans, eight people are stranded in a lifeboat, among them a glamorous journalist (Tallulah Bankhead), a tough seaman (John Hodiak), a nurse (Mary Anderson) and an injured sailor (William Bendix). Their problems are further compounded when they pick up a ninth passenger - the Nazi captain from the U-boat that torpedoed them. With its powerful interplay of suspense and emotion, this legendary classic is a microcosm of humanity, revealing the subtleties of man's strengths and frailties under extraordinary duress. |
"Proof that Hitchcock can make any situation fascinating. Mike Pinsky, Daily-Reviews
"Absorbing... brilliantly executed! The Hollywood Reporter
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Editor's Note
Based on a story by John Steinbeck, LIFEBOAT tells of the desperate struggle for survival of a group of people whose boat was torpedoed by a German U-boat during the Second World War. In this gripping character study about eight diverse survivors, tensions mount after a Nazi is brought aboard. LIFEBOAT is an unusual yet thrilling film from Alfred Hitchcock.
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Cast & Crew
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Mary Anderson |
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Tallulah Bankhead |
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Walter Slezak |
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William Bendix |
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Alfred Hitchcock - Director |
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Dorothy Spencer - Editor |
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Glen MacWilliams - Cinematographer |
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Hugo Friedhofer - Original Music By |
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Jo Swerling, et. al. - Writer |
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John Steinbeck - Story By |
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Kenneth Macgowan - Producer |
Plot Summary
LIFEBOAT is an intense thriller crafted around the psychological drama produced when eight unlikely companions are thrown together by drastic circumstance. The exceptional performances of its ensemble cast make it a classic, one credited with reviving Tallulah Bankhead's career. After a German U-boat torpedoes their ship, several survivors find themselves together in a lifeboat. Each is of a distinctly different background: Tallulah Bankhead's character, the radiant Constance Porter, is a famed fashion writer; others include tycoon Charles Rittenhouse (Henry Hull), marxist seaman John Kovac (John Hodiak), Stanley Garret (Hume Cronyn), a radio operator, a wounded furnace stoker, a nurse, a grieving mother, and a porter. The group is joined by the commander of the German U-boat (Walter Slezak), which was itself sunk in the exchange. Choosing to take him aboard as a gesture of humanity, and for the sake of his seafaring skills, proves to be a fateful decision. Production was done almost entirely in studio, using a range of specialized water sets and props to allow Hitchcock to achieve the camera angles he wanted while employing rear-projected seascapes shot off the coast of Florida.
Awards
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Oscar (1945) |
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Alfred Hitchcock, Nominee, Best Director |
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John Steinbeck, Nominee, Best Writing, Original Story |
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Glen MacWilliams, Nominee, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
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