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Title Lifeboat [videorecording] / Twentieth Century-Fox ; [story] by John Steinbeck ; screen play by Jo Swerling ; produced by Kenneth MacGowan ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Publication Info.

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]

Copies

Location	Pub Note	Copy No.	Status
Byron PL DVD - BYLY-14	DVD MOVIE LIFEBOAT		AVAILABLE
Cherry Valley PLD Adult DVD - CHVY-13	DVD D LIF (DRAMA)		AVAILABLE
Cortland Comm Lib DVD - COLY-12	DVD NR HIT		AVAILABLE
Freeport PL DVD - FPLY-13	DVD DRAMA LIF		AVAILABLE
Geneseo PL Audio Visual - GPLG-2	DVD F LI	c.2	AVAILABLE
Julia Hull DL DVD - JHLY-14	DVD FIC LIF		AVAILABLE
Manteno PL DVD - MNBB-2	DVD LIFEBOAT		AVAILABLE
Marengo-Union LD Adult DVD - MRLY-11	DVD LIFEBOAT		AVAILABLE
Mokena Community PL Audio Visual - MKBB-1	DVD LIF		AVAILABLE
North Suburban PLD Loves Park Adult DVD - NSLY-11	DVD F LIF		DUE 06-28-22

Edition	Special edition.
Description	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
	two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent
	video v rdamedia
	videodisc vd rdacarrier
Note	Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
	Special features: Audio commentary by USC film professor Drew Casper; "The making of 'Lifeboat'" featurette; exclusive still photo gallery.
Credits	Director of photography, Glen MacWilliams ; art directors, James Baferi, Maurice Ransford ; editor, Dorothy Spencer ; music, Hugo W. Friedhofer ; costume designer, Rene Hubert.
Cast	Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn, Canada Lee.
Summary	When an their vessel is torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII, eight survivors find refuge in a lifeboat. Short on food and water, their situation is further complicated when they rescue a crew member from the German submarine that sank their ship.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono.
Language	In English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
	Closed-captioned.
Subject	Survival -- Drama.
	Shipwreck survival -- Drama.
	Survival at sea -- Drama.
	Airplane crash survival -- Drama.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.
	Lifeboats -- Atlantic Ocean -- Drama.
	Marine accidents -- Atlantic Ocean -- Drama.
	Submarine captains -- Drama.
	Submarines (Ships) -- Germany -- Drama.
	Survival -- Drama -- Video recordings.
	Shipwreck survival -- Drama -- Video recordings.
	Survival at sea -- Drama -- Video recordings.
	Airplane crash survival -- Drama -- Video recordings.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama -- Video recordings.
Genre/Form	Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Thriller -- Feature.
	Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).
	Feature films.
Added Author	Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
	Macgowan, Kenneth, 1888-1963.
	Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964.
	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
	Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968.
	Bendix, William, 1906-1964.
	Slezak, Walter, 1902-1983.
	Anderson, Mary, 1918-2014.
	Hodiak, John.
	Hull, Henry, 1890-1977.
	Angel, Heather, 1909-1986.
	Cronyn, Hume.
	Lee, Canada.
	MacWilliams, Glen, 1898-1984.
	Friedhofer, Hugo.
	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Lifeboat.
	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Note	Title appears on item as: Alfred Hitchcock's production of Lifeboat
Standard No.	024543172260 00
	024543172260
Music No.	2227226 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment