During World War II, a passenger ship sank after a fierce battle with a German submarine in the North Atlantic waters. The passengers on board, 5 men and 3 women, escaped in lifeboats. These include famous writer Connie Porter (Tallulah Bankhead), engineer John Kovacs (John Hodiak), telegrapher Stanley Galle (Hume Cronyn), Gus Smith (William Bendix) who suffered a leg injury, and rich Charles Rittenhouse (Henry Hull). Joe (played by Canada Lee), a black attendant on board, Alice (played by Mary Anderson), a nurse, and Mrs. Hayley (played by Heather Angel), who was amentia because of the baby's death. They also rescued a Nazi Willie (Walter Slezak) from a German submarine, which caused countless sharp questions.
Lifeboat movie plot
2022-06-13 19:45
Extended Reading
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Gus Smith: My name is Schmidt, but I changed it to Smith. That's what I got against these guys more than anything else. They make me ashamed of the name I was born with. I got a lot of relatives in Germany. For all I know this guy may be one of them. I say throw him to the sharks!
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Connie Porter: [On the tattoos on Kovac's chest, especially the heart with the letters B.M] Her initials are larger than the others. Was she the last or the first? What was her name?