What species of fish did Talulah Bankhead catch with her bracelet in Alfred Hitchcock’s film Lifeboat? Thank You!
i believe it was actually a carp( which is freshwater) but was probably supposed to be cod or ling
I THOUGHT it was Freshwater!! Now, why would the master of details make such an obvious mistake? So we could discover it and go “Aha?!” Because he is an animal-hater? (I can offhand think of only 3 instances in which critters appear in his movies, none of them pleasant). Because it was the only species that would snap up the necklace? Cheap to rent from the zoo? Easier to film? I was hoping it MIGHT be a Jewfish, cos then there might be some symbolic reference, but apparently there is none. Or is there… Readers? Also, Does anyone know the Latin name of this fish? Thanks!
The common carp is Cyprinus Carpio. There are many species of carp, in, I believe, multiple genuses. They are members of the minnow family, and closely related to goldfish.
It might have been a freshwater fish because the movie was filmed in a studio using what was probably actually fresh water.
Looked like a carp to me, too. I’m sure the reason it was used was because it was cheap, living ones were readily available from farms, and pretty durable (didn’t die because the water got warm or stale), and Hitch probably thought no one would know the difference between fish.
The uncommon carp is Carpe Diem.
My favorite part of Lifeboat is Hitchcock’s cameo.