![]() ![]() With war imminent because Germany has invaded Poland, the Ergenstrasse prepares to slip away. Ehrlich knows Elsa has a dubious past and tries to break them up by reminding Elsa of her past trysts, to which she chuckles and smiles. As his ship prepares for sea to avoid internment, Erlich meets with an old friend, British Royal Navy Commander Jeff Napier ( David Farrar), plus Napier's German fiancée Elsa Keller ( Lana Turner). Ehrlich is a former German Navy officer who lost his command after refusing to support the Nazi regime. The film was shot in CinemaScope and WarnerColor.Ĭaptain Karl Ehrlich ( John Wayne) is the master of the aging German steam freighter Ergenstrasse, home port Hamburg, docked at Sydney, Australia, on the eve of the Second World War. The plot is a nautical cat and mouse adventure, with Wayne determined to get his freighter home to Germany during the opening months of World War II, chased relentlessly across the Pacific then Atlantic oceans by the Australian and then British navies. ![]() 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 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. ![]()
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