in one of alfred hitchcock early film and six people with different personality and background be strand together in a lifeboat after the passenger carry freighter they be on be sink by a german u boat in the mid atlantic . the cast include the fabulous tallulah bankhead a a bitchy photo journalist and hume cronyn a kind hearted man who find love on the lifeboat and canada lee a a kind steward and walter slezak a a mysterious german and and john hodiak who have to dodge tallulah nonstop advance . hitchcock do this film on one set the single lifeboat . what amazing be that he could keep thing interest for two hour and but he manage to somehow . bankhead be this movie great asset . reportedly and she do not wear underwear on the set and constantly keep the crew at attention . this be a great and novel film .