Review of Lifeboat (1944) by Jacob E — 29 May 2013

An experiment of an entire movie taking place in a small space.

This review of Lifeboat (1944) was written by Jacob E on 29 May 2013.

Lifeboat has generally received very positive reviews.

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An old Hitchcock flick I've never seen glad my friend lend me this movie no cgi just people stuck on a boat on the sea movie made it feel like…

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Oh no, the Germans have sunk a ship, or maybe Walter Slezak might have done that…

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