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The Sea Chase: Directed by John Farrow. With John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger. As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.
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- Action, Drama, War
- John Farrow
- 1955-06-04
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.
That's the unlikely scenario for The Sea Chase (1955), an adaptation of the 1949 novel by Andrew Geer, directed by John Farrow. Based on a true story, The Sea Chase stars Wayne as Capt. Karl Ehrlich, a German captain of an old steam freighter, who is in port in Sydney, Australia during the summer of 1939. A former naval officer who suffered ...
Karl Ehrlich (John Wayne) is the German captain of a freighter stationed in an Australian port. Ehrlich, a fervent opponent of Nazism, receives word that World War II has commenced in Europe, and...
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- John Farrow
- War, Mystery & Thriller
- John Wayne
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THE SEA CHASE(1955, USA, 117 min)Director: John FarrowCasr: John Wayne, Lana Turner, David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, Tab Hunter, John Qualen, Paul Fix, James Arn...
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Summaries. As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships. As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse.
