The Sea Chase (1955)

06/04/1955 1h 57m

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

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Overview

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 Ages at Release

John Wayne

as Captain Karl Ehrlich

Born 05/26/1907

Died 06/11/1979, age

Lana Turner

as Elsa Keller

Born 02/08/1921

Died 06/29/1995, age

David Farrar

as Commander Jeff Napier

Born 08/21/1908

Died 08/31/1995, age

James Arness

as Schlieter

Born 05/26/1923

Died 06/03/2011, age

Tab Hunter

as Cadet Wesser

Born 07/11/1931

Died 07/08/2018, age

Paul Fix

as Max Heinz

Born 03/13/1901

Died 10/14/1983, age

Claude Akins

as Winkler

Born 05/25/1926

Died 01/27/1994, age

John Qualen

as Chief Engineer Schmitt

Born 12/06/1899

Died 09/12/1987, age

Alan Hale Jr.

as Wentz

Born 03/08/1921

Died 01/02/1990, age

Richard Davalos

as Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)

Born 11/05/1930

Died 03/08/2016, age

Lowell Gilmore

as Capt. Evans

Born 12/20/1906

Died 01/31/1960, age

Peter Whitney

as Bachman

Born 05/24/1916

Died 03/30/1972, age