The Sea Chase [40578] Released: 1955-06-04 Revenue: $6,000,000 Budget: $0 Profit: $6,000,000 Runtime: 117 mins Popularity: 0.9641 Vote Average: 6.1 Vote Count: 46 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. Cast [18] John WayneCaptain Karl Ehrlich Lana TurnerElsa Keller David FarrarCommander Jeff Napie James ArnessSchlieter Tab HunterCadet Wesser Lyle BettgerChief Officer Kirchn Paul FixMax Heinz Claude AkinsWinkler John QualenChief Engineer Schmi Alan Hale Jr.Wentz Richard DavalosCadet Walter Stemme Lowell GilmoreCapt. Evans Luis van RootenMatz Wilton GraffConsul General Hepke Peter WhitneyBachman John DoucetteBos'n Alan LeeBrounck Richard LupinoBritish Officer of t Trailers The Sea Chase - Original Theatrical Trailer