Lifeboat

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black-and-white film drama film film survival film

"Lifeboat" is a 1944 Alfred Hitchcock survival drama film set entirely in a lifeboat, notable for its ensemble cast and psychological tension among shipwrecked survivors of a World War II U-boat attack.

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Lifeboat canonical 15
Lifeboat (1944 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
survival film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
basedOn story by John Steinbeck ⓘ
cinematography Glen MacWilliams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editor Dorothy Spencer ⓘ
features German U-boat attack ⓘ
filmEditingStyle limited setting with emphasis on character interaction ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasNoMusicalScore true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Tallulah Bankhead ⓘ
narrativeLocation Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
notableFor ensemble cast ⓘ
psychological tension among shipwrecked survivors ⓘ
single-location setting entirely on a lifeboat ⓘ
partOf Alfred Hitchcock filmography ⓘ
plotSummary Survivors of a torpedoed ship share a lifeboat with a German U-boat officer and face moral and psychological conflicts. ⓘ
producer Kenneth Macgowan ⓘ
William Goetz ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
publicationDate 1944 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical release ⓘ
runtime approximately 97 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
Jo Swerling ⓘ
John Steinbeck ⓘ
setDuring World War II ⓘ
setting lifeboat ⓘ
stars Canada Lee ⓘ
Henry Hull ⓘ
Hume Cronyn ⓘ
John Hodiak ⓘ
Mary Anderson ⓘ
Tallulah Bankhead ⓘ
Walter Slezak ⓘ
William Bendix ⓘ
theme group dynamics under stress ⓘ
morality in wartime ⓘ
survival at sea ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 1940s ⓘ

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Hume Cronyn → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Alma Reville → workedOn → Lifeboat ⓘ
Ben Hecht → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Tallulah Bankhead → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Glen MacWilliams → workedOn → Lifeboat ⓘ
John Hodiak → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
John Hodiak → performedIn → Lifeboat ⓘ
Henry Hull → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Heather Angel → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Heather Angel → workedOn → Lifeboat ⓘ
Jo Swerling → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Jo Swerling → wroteScreenplayFor → Lifeboat ⓘ
Canada Lee → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Canada Lee → workedOn → Lifeboat ⓘ
William Bendix → notableWork → Lifeboat ⓘ
Alfred Hitchcock filmography → hasPart → Lifeboat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lifeboat (1944 film)