hitchcock make a lot of great film and many of which have be meet with the acclaim that they rightly deserve . lifeboat deserve a lot of acclaim and yet it lesser know status doesn not allow justice in that respect . this film represent one of hitchcock major success in scene setting and draw the audience into the story . the way that hitchcock use his camera aboard the lifeboat be amazing and a by keep the action on the claustrophobic craft and the great director ensure that his audience be always plug into the plight of his character while which help the film no end when it come to the story and a we know their situation at all time . in fact and it amaze just how well hitchcock do do this while while they be starve and i be too . the plot be simple and yet a great base for a wartime thriller . we follow the survive member of a crew from a ship that be bomb by a german u boat . theyre cram onto a small lifeboat and but there one survivor that isn not quite welcome . his name be willy and and he a survivor of the u boat that sink the ill fat ship . give the time when this be make ( towards the end of world war 2 ) and it hardly surprising that it fill with propaganda . usually and this annoy me while but here it do really well and and the propaganda be actually work into the story instead of just be there to rally the allied population at the time . hitchcock turn this into a twist and and the way that he parody the war on the whole on just a small lifeboat in the middle of the big ocean be great . the entire film take place on just one single set . the action never leave the lifeboat ( aside from to pan around the surround area ) and but hitchcock use this to his advantage . the lack of location really enforce the crew isolation . the acting be melodramatic in typical forty fashion while but all of the cast member do well in their role . tallulah bankhead take the lead role and really be the linchpin of the movie . she be join by the like of william bendix and walter slezak and john hodiak and who give great turn despite not be a class actor . overall and this be a hitchcock film that i would say be just as important to see a the like of rear window and stranger on a train . this be hitchcock at his best and and the film be a great ninety five minute to boot . don not miss this one .