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DVD BRAND NEW Hitchcock's masterful 1944 adaptation of John Steinbeck's story about a small group of shipwreck survivors, adrift in a lifeboat during WWII. This is the last of ... Hitchcock's feature films to arrive on DVD, and one of his best! Stars Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, and other familiar faces...Attributes: SENSORMATIC, SPECIAL ED. Read more Show Less

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Overview

Seeking a creative challenge after several years' worth of fairly elaborate melodramas, director Alfred Hitchcock stages all of the action in Lifeboat in one tiny boat, adrift in the North Atlantic. The boat holds eight survivors of a Nazi torpedo attack: sophisticated magazine writer/photographer Constance Porter Tallulah Bankhead, Communist seaman John Kovac John Hodiak, nurse Alice MacKenzie Mary Anderson, mild-mannered radio-operator Stan Hume Cronyn, seriously wounded Brooklynese stoker Gus Smith William Bendix, insufferable-capitalist Charles Rittenhouse Henry Hull, black-steward George Spencer Canada Lee and half-mad passenger Mrs. Higgins Heather Angel, who carries the body of her dead baby. This adroitly
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Seeking a creative challenge after several years' worth of fairly elaborate melodramas, director Alfred Hitchcock stages all of the action in Lifeboat in one tiny boat, adrift in the North Atlantic. The boat holds eight survivors of a Nazi torpedo attack: sophisticated magazine writer/photographer Constance Porter Tallulah Bankhead, Communist seaman John Kovac John Hodiak, nurse Alice MacKenzie Mary Anderson, mild-mannered radio-operator Stan Hume Cronyn, seriously wounded Brooklynese stoker Gus Smith William Bendix, insufferable-capitalist Charles Rittenhouse Henry Hull, black-steward George Spencer Canada Lee and half-mad passenger Mrs. Higgins Heather Angel, who carries the body of her dead baby. This adroitly calculated cross-section of humanity is reduced by one when Mrs. Higgins kills herself. After a day or so of floating aimlessly about, the castaways pick up another passenger, Willy Walter Slezak, who is a survivor from the German U-boat. At first everyone assumes that Willy cannot speak English, but when the necessity arises he reveals himself to be conversant in several languages and highly intelligent; in fact, he was the U-boat's captain. As the only one on board with any sense of seamanship, Willy steers a course to his mother ship, while the others resign themselves to being prisoners of war. After it becomes necessary to amputate Gus's leg, Willy decides that the burly stoker is excess weight; while the others sleep, he tosses Gus overboard, watching dispassionately as the poor man drowns. When the rest of the passengers discover what he's done, all of them with one significant exception violently gang up on Gus, and once more, the lifeboat drifts about sans navigation. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by film professor Drew Casper; The Making of Lifeboat; Still photo gallery

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Although Lifeboat is seldom mentioned when the subject of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films comes up, this 1944 drama deserves more recognition than it’s gotten from aficionados who blather on about Psycho or North by Northwest. Few filmmakers would have been willing to undertake the challenge of building an entire film around a small lifeboat bobbing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean; the “action,” such as it is, is confined to a tiny space. The actors have no mobility, and there are no picturesque interiors or lavish sets to lend production value. Truly, a film like this is a daunting challenge for any director. And here’s the interesting part: Hitchcock himself came up with the idea. He entrusted the concept to novelist John Steinbeck, who fleshed out the story before turning it over to scriptwriter Jo Swerling. Hitch then selected a cast headed by Tallulah Bankhead, a brittle actress well known for her frosty characterizations. She was well suited to play the pampered journalist who finds herself among the few survivors in a lifeboat following the torpedoing of their ocean liner by a German U-boat during World War II. Character actor William Bendix, an unlikely choice to play opposite Bankhead, portrays a sailor who loses his leg in the attack, and John Hodiak impresses with his turn as a hard-boiled Nazi hater who regards with understandable suspicion the lone German survivor, played by Walter Slezak. Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, and Mary Anderson also contribute similarly memorable performances. Although the story is a little slow getting underway -- it takes a little while to get everybody in the boat and establish their characters -- the director maintains a steady pace and even manages to build suspense. Lifeboat may lack the bravura sequences that distinguish the typical Hitchcock thriller, but it’s an intense, gripping drama in its own right and essential viewing for fans of the master.

Product Details

  • Release Date: 10/18/2005
  • UPC: 024543172260
  • Original Release: 1944
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  • Source: 20TH CENTURY FOX
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Special Edition
  • Time: 1:36:00
  • Sales rank: 4,838

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Tallulah Bankhead Constance Porter
William Bendix Gus Smith
Walter Slezak Willy, the German submarine commander
John Hodiak John Kovac
Hume Cronyn Stanley Garett
Mary Anderson Alice MacKenzie
Henry Hull Charles 'Ritt' Rittenhouse
Canada Lee George "Joe" Spencer
Heather Angel Mrs. Higgins
Alfred Hitchcock Man in "Before and After" Ad
William Yetter Jr. German Sailor
Technical Credits
Alfred Hitchcock Director
James Basevi Art Director
Hugo W. Friedhofer Score Composer
Rene Hubert Costumes/Costume Designer
Frank E. Hughes Set Decoration/Design
Thomas K. Little Set Decoration/Design
Kenneth MacGowan Producer
Glen MacWilliams Cinematographer
Emil Newman Musical Direction/Supervision
Guy Pearce Makeup
Maurice Ransford Art Director
Fred Sersen Special Effects
Dorothy Spencer Editor
John Steinbeck Screenwriter
Jo Swerling Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Lifeboat
1. Main Titles [1:04]
2. Sunk [4:29]
3. All Aboard [6:44]
4. The American Way [2:58]
5. Burial at Sea [1:07]
6. Taking Command [3:58]
7. Underway [6:06]
8. For Rosie [3:31]
9. On the Wrong Course [3:04]
10. A Married Man [11:08]
11. Sitting Duck [5:04]
12. The Master Race [4:30]
13. From the Gutter [2:13]
14. Flesh and Blood [3:18]
15. Raising the Stakes [6:32]
16. A Beautiful Sound [2:20]
17. True Colors [1:45]
18. Q Is for Quitters [:48]
19. Bait [4:02]
20. Danke Schön [5:11]

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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    Lifeboat

    an excellet example of Hitchcock and WW 2 films. A little preachy,but the actors all excellent, you couldn't get a cast like this together today. The studio system at it's best.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Great vintage movie

    I'm not a fan of war-themed movies but this one goes beyond the traditional war movie. The complexity of the characters alone is magnified by their sitation and though one might expect a predictible ending, this one exploded into higher drama as the movie concluded. Let's never remake this one - the original is too good to improve on.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    One to remember

    I saw this movie many years ago while doing my homework. It had to wait. This movie shows people handling one of the worst situations a person can face: will I get home. I will finally get to see it again.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Awesome Movie

    I watched this movie in a college class I was taking on Alfred Hitchcock. It was one of the best movies I had seen. To be able to pull off such a successful story line with the only scenery as a small Lifeboat was truly genious. It was suspensful as are all his movies & he amazingly was still able to make his cameo appearance. I highly recommend this movie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 29, 2004

    READ IT!

    It was good. Nuff said! I dont want to give to much away, so I won't say anything. You have to watch it to find out.....That or just go online and find a good online review of the movie.

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