Lifeboat (1944)
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Directors
Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, Canada Lee
The story
Eight British and American civilians, service members and United States Merchant Mariners are adrift in a lifeboat after their ship and a German U-boat sink each other in combat. Willi, a German survivor of the U-boat, is pulled aboard. During an animated debate, engine room crewman Kovac demands the German be thrown out to drown.
Genres
Drama, drama film, survival film, war film
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