---
title: 'The Sea Chase (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Farrow'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sea-chase-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048593/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sea Chase (1955)

1955 · 117 min · War · United States


## Synopsis

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. 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 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Producer:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [James Warner Bellah](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-warner-bellah), [John Twist](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-twist)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Clothier](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-clothier)
- **Editor:** [William H. Ziegler](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-ziegler)

## Cast

- [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Jean De Briac](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-de-briac)
- [Bruce Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-lester)
- [Claude Akins](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-akins)
- [David Farrar](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-farrar)
- [Lyle Bettger](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-bettger)
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [John Doucette](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-doucette)
- [Alan Hale, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale-jr)
- [Richard Davalos](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-davalos)
- [Wilton Graff](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilton-graff)
- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [John Qualen](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-qualen)
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sea-chase-1955
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