The Sea Chase (1955)
1h 57m
Running Time
June 4, 1955Release Date
The Sea Chase (1955)
1h 57m
Running Time
June 4, 1955Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Luis van Rooten
Matz
Wilton Graff
Consul General Hepke
Peter Whitney
Bachman
John Doucette
Bos'n
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 4, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$6,000,000
Filming LocationsHawaii, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
sea battle
world war ii
female spy
pacific theater
freighter
sea captain
steam ship
nazi crimes
sea chase
Wiki.
The Sea Chase is a 1955 World War II drama film starring John Wayne and Lana Turner, and featuring David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, and Tab Hunter. It was directed by John Farrow from a screenplay by James Warner Bellah and John Twist based on the novel of the same name by Andrew Geer. The plot is a nautical cat and mouse adventure, with Wayne determined to get his freighter home to Germany during the opening months of World War II, chased relentlessly across the Pacific then Atlantic oceans by the Australian and then British navies.
The film was shot in CinemaScope and WarnerColor.
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