The Film

And so, knowing that "Lifeboat" had a terrific publicity campaign overseas and that GM had given it a stand-up ciap, I was a bit sceptical even before I saw It. Well, "Lifeboat," to me, was just another quite well done fllm. The photography and the acting were very good and the atmosphere excellent, but no more so than in dozens of other films I've seen. It had neither the sincerity of "San Demetrio, London," nor the authenticity of "Citizen Kane." It relied on "the magic of Hitchcock" and the "genius of Steinbeck" rather than its own good qualities. Steinbeck, who has "gone Hollywood." tried, I think, to create another Colonel Lanser in German U-boat captain. Although It didn't work out, we were left with the conclusion that the Nazi was a far better man than the poor old negro, who wanted nothing more than his historic role of "nigger" amongst the whites.