

JOHN WAYNE - a skipper sworn never to be taken! LANA TURNER - the fuse of his floating time-bomb!
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.
John Farrow
John Farrow
$6,000,000

Captain Karl Ehrlich

Elsa Keller

Commander Jeff Napier

Schlieter

Cadet Wesser

Chief Officer Kirchner

Max Heinz

Winkler

Chief Engineer Schmitt

Wentz

Cadet Walter Stemme (as Dick Davalos)

Capt. Evans