• Lifeboat

2/28/24 (Wed)

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1944 film is a preposterous story very well done. An American ship and German U-Boat have sunk one another in the Atlantic Ocean. Eight American and British passengers manage variously to reach a lifeboat. They then rescue a man from the waters to find that he is not only German but, to make things worse, might even be the captain of the very ship that sank them. They debate whether to allow him to board, but the humanitarian side wins out on the belief that he is just an individual trying to stay alive as they are. Because of his piloting skill, he ends up with control of the vessel. It is only after some time that they realize that he isn’t steering them toward Bermuda as promised – but where exactly is he heading?

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