The Sea Chase
JOHN WAYNE - a skipper sworn never to be taken! LANA TURNER - the fuse of his floating time-bomb!
1955 | 117m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | John Farrow |
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| Writer: | John Twist, James Warner Bellah, Andrew Geer |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 04, 1955 |
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| Director: | John Farrow |
| Writer: | John Twist, James Warner Bellah, Andrew Geer |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, War |
| Keywords | world war ii, female spy, pacific theater, freighter, sea battle, sea captain, steam ship, nazi crimes, sea chase |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,000,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Alan Lee | Brounck |
| Richard Lupino | British Officer of the Watch |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Twist | Screenplay |
| John Farrow | Director |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| James Warner Bellah | Screenplay |
| Andrew Geer | Novel |
| William Wallace | Set Decoration |
| Robert Turner | Props |
| William H. Ziegler | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Farrow | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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