The Chase

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.

Cast

Robert Cummings

as Chuck Scott

Michèle Morgan

as Lorna Roman

Steve Cochran

as Eddie Roman

Peter Lorre

as Gino

Lloyd Corrigan

as Emmerrich Johnson

Jack Holt

as Cmdr. Davidson

Don Wilson

as Fats

Alex Minotis

as Lt. Acosta

Nina Koshetz

as Madame Chin

Yolanda Lacca

as Midnight

Reviews

John Chard

Have you ever been afraid? Really afraid? The Chase is directed by Arthur Ripley and adapted to screenplay by Philip Yordan from the novel The Black Path of Fear written by Cornell Woolrich. It stars Robert Cummings, Steve Cochran, Michèle Morgan, Peter Lorre and Jack Holt. Music is by Michel Mic...

CinemaSerf

As jobbing B-feature actors go, Robert Cummings was one of the more reliable. Good looking - at times capable of being mean, moody and/or magnificent, he always turned in an ok performance, and with this rather far fetched caper he tries his best. He ("Chuck Scott") is recruited as a chauffeur for m...

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