The Chase (1946 film)

The Chase
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Ripley
Screenplay byPhilip Yordan
Based onThe Black Path of Fear
by Cornell Woolrich
Produced bySeymour Nebenzal
Starring
CinematographyFrank F. Planer
Edited byEdward Mann
Music byMichel Michelet
Production
company
Nero Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • November 17, 1946 (1946-11-17) (New York City)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
The Chase (1946) by Arthur Ripley

The Chase is a 1946 American film noir directed by Arthur Ripley. The screenplay by Philip Yordan is based on Cornell Woolrich's 1944 novel The Black Path of Fear. It stars Robert Cummings as Chuck Scott, a veteran who suffers from hallucinations. When he returns a lost wallet to violent mobster Eddie Roman (Steve Cochran), Eddie offers to hire him as a chauffeur. Chuck becomes mixed up in a plot to help Eddie's wife Lorna (Michèle Morgan) run off to Havana to escape her cruel husband.