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The Sea Chase is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 4 june 1955 with John Wayne
The Sea Chase (1955)
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Add to a movie listThe Sea Chase is a 1955 World War II drama film starring John Wayne and Lana Turner, 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 game, with Wayne determined to get his German freighter home during the first few months of the war, all the while being chased by British and Australian naval ships.
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Captain Karl Ehrlich (John Wayne) is the master of the elderly German steam freighter Ergenstrasse, in port at Sydney, Australia on the eve of the Second World War. Ehrlich is depicted as a patriot, a former career naval officer who lost his rank and position after falling out of favour with the current regime and refusing to support the Nazi Party. As his ship prepares for sea (or to be interned if war is declared) he meets with an old friend, British Commander Jeff Napier (David Farrar) and his fiancée Elsa Keller (Lana Turner).Actors
John Wayne
(Captain Karl Ehrlich)
Lana Turner
(Elsa Keller)
David Farrar
(Commander Jeff Napier)
Lyle Bettger
(Chief Officer Kirchner)
Tab Hunter
(Cadet Wesser)
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