

Lifeboat
Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.6M
- Box office
- $1M
- Language
- English
- sea
- journalist
- submarine
- boat
- world war ii
- survival
- black and white
- lifeboat
- radio operator
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York11 Jan 1944
- Theatrical28 Jan 1944
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPGLondon17 Mar 1944
BrazilBR
- Theatrical12IMDB13 Nov 1944
- Physical12Videolar mj.gov.br8 Nov 2007
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical3 Sept 1949
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1618 Mar 1945
FranceFR
- Theatrical1 Jun 1956
GermanyDE
- Theatrical122 Aug 1974
GreeceGR
- Theatrical121 Dec 1944
ItalyIT
- Theatrical1 Apr 1948
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD10 Oct 2007
- Physical12Blu ray23 Apr 2012
SwedenSE
- Theatrical151 Sept 1944
Frequently asked questions
Lifeboat was released on 28 January 1944.
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1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/8/2026
With their transport torpedoed by a now also sunken Nazi U-boat, journalist “Porter” (Tallulah Bankhead) finds herself aboard the ship’s lifeboat afloat amidst the flotsam. She isn’t on her own for long, though, as others find her refuge and when German “Willi” (Walter Slezak) shows up that makes nine souls. They want to head to Bermuda, but nobody knows the way except, possibly, their prisoner - but they don’t want …
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