‘The Sea Chase’: Navigating War, Romance, and Melodrama

John Wayne plays a German sea captain at the beginning of World War II.

A publicity photo with John Wayne and Lana Turner for "The Sea Chase." MovieStillDb

NR | 1h 57m | Action, Drama, War | 1955

There are some old war films that promise a good high-seas adventure. An Internet Movie Database introduction of “The Sea Chase” (1955) offers an intriguing narrative: “As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.”