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.
The movie was not a financial success but became a cult favorite.
Unemployed veteran Chuck Scott (Robert Cummings) gets a job as chauffeur to crime-boss Eddie Roman (Steve Cochran). But Chuck’s involvement with Eddie’s frightened, beautiful wife (Michele Morgan) leads the two to plan an escape to Cuba.
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