# Lifeboat (1944)

> After a wartime sinking leaves strangers and a German survivor trapped together at sea, survival depends on whether distrust can yield to collective action.

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## Facts

- Runtime: 96 min
- Genres: War, Drama
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, claustrophobic, austere, classic movie night, hitchcock retrospective

## Synopsis

Survival at sea becomes a battle of wills when enemies are forced to coexist.

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