ms. bankhead performance be amaze in this compelling film . in the first scene we be show astounding destruction at sea from a capsized ship until the camera pan over to a lifeboat where the lone and well coiffure and mink drape and all make up tallulah be sit and cross legged and smoke a cigarette . then we be show a close up of her leg . there a run in her stocking . she look more annoyed at that than all the carnage surround her . later on and with more survivor on board and in danger of starving and she worry about how she look and apply more lipstick . oh darling . this be classic cinema and one of the few film of this great lady ( she be mostly on stage ) . john hodiak ( very handsome ) be her enemy ( at first ) and while walter slezak and hume cronin and william bendix and the others ably support . an astonishing alfred hitchcock film .