Lifeboat
“Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!”
During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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Cast
10 people
Tallulah Bankhead
Connie Porter
Known for
Fanatic
William Bendix
Gus Smith
Known for
The Blue Dahlia
Detective Story
Walter Slezak
Willi
Known for
Michael
The Pirate
Mary Anderson
Alice MacKenzie
Known for
The Song of Bernadette
John Hodiak
John Kovac
Known for
Somewhere in the Night
Battleground
Henry Hull
Charles J. Rittenhouse
Known for
Werewolf of London
Objective, Burma!
Heather Angel
Mrs. Higley
Known for
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
Hume Cronyn
Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
Known for
*batteries not included
Cocoon
Canada Lee
Joe Spencer
Known for
Body and Soul
William Yetter Jr.
Young German Sailor (uncredited)
Also in
The Hitler Gang
Alfred Hitchcock Director · Jo Swerling Screenplay Ben Hecht Writer
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $1.6M · United States release January 28, 1944
Box office
Budget
$1,590,000
Worldwide gross
$1,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
United States · January 11, 1944
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · January 28, 1944
Theatrical
Brazil
November 13, 1944 · Theatrical · IMDB
November 8, 2007 · Physical · Videolar mj.gov.br
Denmark
September 3, 1949 · Theatrical
Finland
March 18, 1945 · Theatrical
France
June 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Germany
August 2, 1974 · Theatrical
Greece
December 1, 1944 · Theatrical
Italy
April 1, 1948 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 10, 2007 · Physical · DVD
April 23, 2012 · Physical · Blu ray
Sweden
September 1, 1944 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 17, 1944 · Theatrical · London
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