The Sea Chase (1955)
- Directed by
- John Farrow
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 52 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A German freighter captain tries to sail his ship from Australia back to Germany at the start of World War Two. He is chased across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans by Australian and British naval forces.
tenseadventuroussuspensefulmelancholicromanticsea-faringpatrioticslow-burn
What happens
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. The film was shot in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Captain and His Hero (1955)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.