The Sea Chase
“JOHN WAYNE - a skipper sworn never to be taken! LANA TURNER - the fuse of his floating time-bomb!”
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.
Genres
War, Action, Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Sea Chase performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$6.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for War) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Captain Karl Ehrlich
John Wayne
Captain Karl Ehrlich
Elsa Keller
Lana Turner
Elsa Keller
Commander Jeff Napier
David Farrar
Commander Jeff Napier
Schlieter
James Arness
Schlieter
Cadet Wesser
Tab Hunter
Cadet Wesser
Chief Officer Kirchner
Lyle Bettger
Chief Officer Kirchner
Max Heinz
Paul Fix
Max Heinz
Winkler
Claude Akins
Winkler
Chief Engineer Schmitt
John Qualen
Chief Engineer Schmitt
Wentz
Alan Hale Jr.
Wentz
Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)
Richard Davalos
Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)
Capt. Evans
Lowell Gilmore
Capt. Evans
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