Top billed cast

1. 

   Tallulah Bankhead

   Connie Porter

2. 

   William Bendix

   Gus Smith

3. 

   Walter Slezak

   Willi

4. 

   Mary Anderson

   Alice MacKenzie

5. 

   John Hodiak

   John Kovac

6. 

   Henry Hull

   Charles J. Rittenhouse

7. 

   Heather Angel

   Mrs. Higley

8. 

   Hume Cronyn

   Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

9. 

   Canada Lee

   Joe Spencer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-02-08

With their transport torpedoed by a now also sunken Nazi U-boat, journalist “Porter” (Tallulah Bankhead) finds herself aboard the ship’s lifeboat afloat amidst the flotsam. She isn’t on her own for long, though, as others find her refuge and when German “Willi” (Walter Slezak) shows up that makes nine souls. They want to head to Bermuda, but nobody knows the way except, possibly, their prisoner - but they don’t want to believe him, nor surrender control of their voyage to him either - but with supplies running low, the sea becoming more hostile and hopes of rescue fairly remote, ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,590,000.00

Revenue
$1,000,000.00

Keywords

• sea
• journalist
• submarine
• boat
• world war ii
• survival
• black and white
• lifeboat
• radio operator