Set in the Atlantic during World War II, "Lifeboat" follows the aftermath of a battle where both an Allied ship and a German U-boat are sunk. Survivors from the Allied ship, each from diverse backgrounds—including an international journalist, a wealthy businessman, the radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor, and an engineer with communist leanings—congregate in a lifeboat. Tensions arise when they rescue a man from the water who is discovered to be from the U-boat. Cast: - Tallulah Bankhead as Constance "Connie" Porter - William Bendix as Gus Smith - Walter Slezak as Kapitan Willi - Mary Anderson as Alice MacKenzie - John Hodiak as John Kovac - Henry Hull as Charles J. "Ritt" Rittenhouse, Jr. - Heather Angel as Mrs. Higley - Hume Cronyn as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett - Canada Lee as Joe Spencer Runtime: 96 minutes