Review of Lifeboat (1944) by Dan S — 09 Oct 2009

Little spoken-about classic from Hitchcock which was released before war ended in 1945. Some of it is a little dated but other parts are ahead of their time. The film hardly depicts any semblance of realism - it's message clearly marked with a pro-allied forces slant - but Hitchcock's control of space in the stranded boat, his ability to build tension, to sustain our attention on these characters, and to deliver a dramatic finale without ever leaving the confines of their floating prison, is second to none.