All At Sea.

Rating: 7/10 (12 October 2013)

Alfred Hitchcock directed this unusual film that starts with a battle in the Atlantic ocean during WWII between a ship and U-Boat, resulting in their both sinking. The survivors(played by Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, John Hodiak, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, Canada Lee, Henry Hull, and Walter Slezak) gather on a lifeboat, awaiting rescue. In the meantime, they struggle to find food and fresh water, as they battle the elements and each other if they are to survive their ordeal, especially as one of them was responsible for the ship sinking... Interesting and well acted film has innovative direction to prevent it getting stagy, and lose its "at sea" atmosphere. A bold but (mostly) successful experiment in storytelling.