Cast
- Hume Cronyn as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett
- Mary Anderson as Alice MacKenzie
- Tallulah Bankhead as Constance "Connie" Porter
- William Bendix as Gus Smith
- Walter Slezak as Willi
- John Hodiak as John Kovac
- Henry Hull as Charles D. "Ritt" Rittenhouse
- Heather Angel as Mrs. Higgins
- Canada Lee as George "Joe" Spencer
- William Yetter Jr. as German sailor
Except for a cameo appearance in Stage Door Canteen (1943), Bankhead had not appeared in a film since Faithless in 1932. She was paid $75,000 for her work in Lifeboat.
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