Lifeboat Six men and three women - against the sea, and each other! During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat. Details Casts Title Lifeboat Release Date 1944-01-28 Runtime 01 Hours 36 Minutes Genres War Drama Production Companies 20th Century Fox Production Countries United States of America Tallulah Bankhead Connie Porter William Bendix Gus Smith Walter Slezak Willi Mary Anderson Alice MacKenzie John Hodiak John Kovac Henry Hull Charles J. Rittenhouse Heather Angel Mrs. Higley Hume Cronyn Stanley "Sparks" Garrett Canada Lee Joe Spencer William Yetter Jr. Young German Sailor (unc?