Lifeboat

Jan 28, 1944

1h 36m

★ 7.4

Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Lifeboat Trailers

Cast

Connie Porter

Tallulah Bankhead

Gus Smith

William Bendix

Willi

Walter Slezak

Alice MacKenzie

Mary Anderson

John Kovac

John Hodiak

Charles J. Rittenhouse

Henry Hull

Mrs. Higley

Heather Angel

Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

Hume Cronyn

Joe Spencer

Canada Lee

Young German Sailor (uncredited)

William Yetter Jr.

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6.8

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6.4

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5.2

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7.3

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