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.
Direction
Hitchcock shot this entirely on a single set. Madness.
Acting
Tallulah Bankhead's camera-mugging chaos queen energy.
Writing
Tallulace Bankhead's one-liners cut like broken glass.
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock's cameo appears in a newspaper ad for weight loss—his only invisible cameo because he couldn't figure out how to get on a lifeboat.
Bankhead famously never wore underwear during filming, causing continuity nightmares when she had to stand up. The censors were more upset about the Nazi-sympathy debate than the wardrobe situation.
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