Lifeboat

Lifeboat (1944)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

7.4/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

1944-01-28

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

War, Drama

Budget

$1 590 000

Revenue

$1 000 000

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Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Actors

Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, Canada Lee, William Yetter Jr.
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Scenario

Ben Hecht

Producer

Kenneth Macgowan, Alfred Hitchcock, Darryl F. Zanuck, William Goetz

Operator

Glen MacWilliams

Composer

Hugo Friedhofer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Dorothy Spencer
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• The film is based on a work by John Steinbeck.
• The photographs of Alfred Hitchcock used for his cameo are genuine. The fact is that at the time, Hitchcock was on a strict diet (although he did not use the fictional Reduco, but another weight loss product) and lost weight from 130 to 90 kg. Hitchcock said: "Fat people simply flooded me with letters, wanting to know how to get their hands on the precious elixir."
• Alfred Hitchcock invited Ben Hecht to rework the final part of the script.
• During filming, some members of the crew reproached Tallulah Bankhead for not wearing underwear – this was particularly noticeable during scenes where the actress jumped over the side of the lifeboat. When Hitchcock was told about this, he ironically remarked: "I don't even know who to punish – the costume designer or the hairdresser."
• As a result of prolonged exposure to cold water, most of the actors in this film contracted pneumonia.
• After Tallulah Bankhead fell ill with pneumonia, Alfred Hitchcock gifted the actress a small puppy. This gift, according to the director's intention, was meant to give her optimism and self-confidence. Ironically, the puppy already had a name – "Hitchcock"!
• A card role-playing board game based on the film, called "Lifeboat", was released, and also published in Russian under the title "Overboard!"