The Sea Chase (1955)

War
Action
Drama

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

Captain Karl Ehrlich
Elsa Keller
Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)
Capt. Evans
Consul General Hepke
Brounck
British Officer of the Watch
Commander Jeff Napier
Schlieter
Cadet Wesser
Chief Officer Kirchner
Max Heinz
Chief Engineer Schmitt

Crew

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