Lifeboat is an American war film directed by Alfred Hitchcock from a story written by John Steinbeck. The film stars Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel and Canada Lee, and is set entirely on a lifeboat. The film is the first in Hitchcock's 'limited-setting' films, the others being Rope , Dial M for Murder , and Rear Window . The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Best Original Motion Picture Story and Best Black and White Cinematography. Several American and British civilians are stuck... in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U-boat sink each other in combat. Willi , a German survivor, is pulled aboard and denies being an enemy officer. During an animated debate, Kovac demands the German be thrown out and allowed to drown. However, cooler heads prevail, with Garrett and columnist Connie Porter asserting the German's prisoner of war status, and he is allowed to stay. One passenger, an infant, dies almost immediately after boarding.
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| Release date: | January 11, 1944 |
| Directed by: | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Kenneth Macgowan |
| Editor: | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by: | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography: | Glen MacWilliams, Arthur C. Miller |
| Screenplay by: | John Steinbeck, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling |
| Estimated budget: | $1,590,000 |
| Adapted from: | Lifeboat |
| Genre: | Adventure |