The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

JOHN WAYNE - a skipper sworn never to be taken! LANA TURNER - the fuse of his floating time-bomb!

NR 1955 · 117 min · ★ 6.3 · War, Action, Drama

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.

Directed by John Farrow · Written by James Warner Bellah

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John Wayne Captain Karl Ehrlich
Lana Turner Elsa Keller
David Farrar Commander Jeff Napier
James Arness Schlieter
Tab Hunter Cadet Wesser
Lyle Bettger Chief Officer Kirchner
Paul Fix Max Heinz
Claude Akins Winkler
John Qualen Chief Engineer Schmitt
Alan Hale Jr. Wentz
Richard Davalos Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)
Lowell Gilmore Capt. Evans

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