The Chase (1946 film)

The Chase
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arthur Ripley
Screenplay by	Philip Yordan
Based on	The Black Path of Fear by Cornell Woolrich
Produced by	Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	Robert Cummings Michèle Morgan Steve Cochran Peter Lorre
Cinematography	Frank F. Planer
Edited by	Edward Mann
Music by	Michel Michelet
Production company	Nero Films
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 17, 1946 (1946-11-17) (New York City)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.