Fresh
That old master of screen melodrama, Alfred Hitchcock, and Writer John Steinbeck have combined their distinctive talents in a tremendously provocative film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Lifeboat
Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!
1944 · 1h 36m · Approved
Drama, War
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
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Lifeboat
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.
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90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The characters are reasonably free of cliched personalities, so what happens between them is rarely predictable, and there are enough crises and tensions within the 96-minute running time to hold a viewer fully attentive.
Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
At times, the film seems on the verge of rising above its frankly propagandistic intentions, but it never really confronts the Darwinian themes built into the material.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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