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John Wayne | Captain Karl Ehrlich | |
Lana Turner | Elsa Keller | |
David Farrar | Commander Jeff Napier | |
Lyle Bettger | Chief Officer Kirchner | |
Tab Hunter | Cadet Wesser | |
James Arness | Schlieter | |
Richard Davalos | Cadet Walter Stemme | |
John Qualen | Chief Engineer Schmitt | |
Paul Fix | Max Heinz | |
Lowell Gilmore | Captain Evans |
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Producer | John Farrow
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Writer | James Warner Bellah
John Twist |
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Cinematography | William H. Clothier
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Musician | Roy Webb
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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. |
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