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The Sea Chase

6.1 117 mins War   Action   Drama   1955
Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): John Farrow

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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John Wayne

as Captain Karl Ehrlich

Lana Turner

as Elsa Keller

David Farrar

as Commander Jeff Napier

James Arness

as Schlieter

Tab Hunter

as Cadet Wesser

Lyle Bettger

as Chief Officer Kirchner

Paul Fix

as Max Heinz

Claude Akins

as Winkler

John Qualen

as Chief Engineer Schmitt

Alan Hale Jr.

as Wentz

Richard Davalos

as Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)

Lowell Gilmore

as Capt. Evans

Luis van Rooten

as Matz

Wilton Graff

as Consul General Hepke

Peter Whitney

as Bachman

John Doucette

as Bos'n

Alan Lee

as Brounck

Richard Lupino

as British Officer of the Watch

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