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Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock  
Written by
John Steinbeck John Steinbeck  
Jo Swerling Jo Swerling  
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock  
Ben Hecht Ben Hecht  
Cast
Tallulah Bankhead Tallulah Bankhead ... Connie Porter
William Bendix William Bendix ... Gus Smith
Walter Slezak Walter Slezak ... Willi
Mary Anderson Mary Anderson ... Alice MacKenzie
John Hodiak John Hodiak ... John Kovac
Henry Hull Henry Hull ... Charles J. Rittenhouse
Heather Angel Heather Angel ... Mrs. Higley
Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn ... Stanley Garrett
Canada Lee Canada Lee ... Joe Spencer
Uncredited Cast
William Yetter Jr. William Yetter Jr. ... Young German Sailor
Produced by
William Goetz William Goetz  
Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock  
Kenneth Macgowan Kenneth Macgowan  
Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl F. Zanuck  
Original Music by
Hugo Friedhofer Hugo Friedhofer  
Additional Info
Premiere: January 12, 1944
Theatrical Release: January 28, 1944
DVD Release: October 18, 2005
Blu-ray Release: March 07, 2017
Country: United States
Distributor: Kino Video
Websites: IMDb Wikipedia
Ratings
SkullJoy

5.7 / 10

IMDb

7.6 / 10

Metacritic

78 / 100

Production Companies
20th Century Fox (presents) (as Twentieth Century-Fox)
Distributors
20th Century Fox
  (1944) (USA) (theatrical) (released through) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
National Telefilm Associates (NTA)
  (1956) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
CBS/Fox
  (1988) (USA) (VHS)
Key Video
  (1988) (USA) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  (1997) (USA) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  (2005) (USA) (DVD)
CBS/Fox
  (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Kino Lorber
  (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
The Criterion Channel
  (2021) (USA) (TV) (streaming)
Filming Locations
Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Chicago Lake, Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  (opening and closing sequences, scenes involving the tanker nearly capsizing the lifeboat, the Nazi sailor coming aboard)
Florida Keys, Florida, USA
Lower Moat, Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  (storm scene)
San Miguel Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
Sersen Lake, Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  (establishing scenes)
Stage 6, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
  (bluescreen scenes)
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