Lifeboat (1944)

There has never been an actor so confidently, outrageously and iconically out of place as Tallulah Bankhead in “Lifeboat.”  The actress, as a society writer cast out to sea, has such a pull over “Lifeboat’s” rudder that she transforms the film around her essence. And what…

theriverjordan

LIFEBOAT is a masterfully composed wartime thriller, often under-discussed in Hitchcock's filmography. Set entirely on… a lifeboat carrying the survivors of a sinking ship– from both sides of the war with Tullulah Bankhead heading solid ensemble cast. Another great example…

Nakul

things you need to survive 1. water 2. food 3. compass 4. cartier bracelet

mina

If you ever gonna do a full movie in a claustrophobic little boat, then do it like Alfred Hitchcock and Lifeboat (1944). I totally LOVE this movie! Never a dull moment. Ton of personality, mystery and moral dilemmas. Not to mention the absolute rawness about it. Might not…

PUNQ

Action! - The Master & The Fan: Hitchcock's Bumping Road To Mastering Suspense Alfred Hitchcock draws again on Agatha Christie's work and narrative structure in this picture about a group of people who are stranded on a small lifeboat after being attacked on a voyage…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

The character of Connie Porter (a magnificent Tallulah Bankhead) feels like one (the first?) of his female characters Alfred Hitchcock simply didn't understand. Intended to be unlikable and jaded, gradually humanized only by the gradual loss of her material possessions —…

sakana1

personally i would be honored to be stranded on a lifeboat with tallulah bankhead

Wes

Shot entirely on a single location, Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat is his first film to employ the minimal settings environment which he used to greater effect in his later career & despite the many constraints of framing so many characters within such limited space, this…

cinemasauron

The film at first seems like a technical experiment, how to make a compelling film set within the confines of a lifeboat, but as plays out we see that it’s more of a moral experiment. The boatfull of diverse passengers like the atomic particles of a volatile isotope,…

Channing Pomeroy