before today and all i really know of hitchcock be his murder mystery ( i consider myself a huge fan of those ) . now i see why he be more often describe a a master of suspense . you would think represent how much suspense can there be within the confines of a 12 or 15 foot long lifeboat . there be plenty from a shellshocked woman tie to a chair after her baby be bury at sea and to an amputation perform by a nazi during a rise storm and to the experience of be in a leaky boat catch between two ship that be shell each other this movie be a much harsh ride than i expect and and make me respect the genius of hitchcock even more than i already do . i watch it alone on vhs in broad daylight and and i still felt rattle by the experience . i can only imagine what it must have felt like to see this on the silver screen in a darkened theater back in the day . the brilliance of this movie be how it portray good and evil in little glimpse instead of broad stroke . every character be morally ambiguous to some point and act nobly one moment and brutally the next . despite the presence of a black man and an affluent woman and a ( probably nazi ) german and a blue collar sailor and and so on and there be no stereotype aboard this lifeboat by the end . each have surprise you and possibly disappointed you and and definitely make sure that you will remember them a a person and not a a type and long after the movie be over .