Lesser seen Duke Wayne, here teamed with Lauren Bacall in international actioner.
Blood Alley (1955)
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Reviews Counted: 4
Fresh: 1
Rotten:3
Average Rating: N/A
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: William Wellman's BLOOD ALLEY begins with the inhabitants of a local Chinese village liberating political prisoner Captain Tom Wilder (John Wayne). The oppressed villagers are disillusioned by... William Wellman's BLOOD ALLEY begins with the inhabitants of a local Chinese village liberating political prisoner Captain Tom Wilder (John Wayne). The oppressed villagers are disillusioned by communism's stranglehold and want the former merchant marine to sail their ship through the treacherous Formosa Straits--the infamous Blood Alley--to Hong Kong and freedom. The Duke complies and heads off down the Yangtze aboard an old steamer, with Cathy Granger (Lauren Bacall) along for the ride. The strong arm of the plot is taken from the novel by Aaron Sidney Fleischman. Widescreen CinemaScope adds to the effective shots of the panoramic scenery, and it is an absolute delight to watch Wayne and Bacall, so reminiscent of Bogie and Hepburn in THE AFRICAN QUEEN. [More]
Starring: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim
Starring: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Mike Mazurki, Berry Kroeger, Anita Ekberg
Director: William Wellman
Director: William Wellman
Composer: Roy Webb
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Reviews for Blood Alley
Camouflaged as action-adventure, this is one of John Wayne's most blatantly propagadistic movies, in which he rescues an entire village from the ill of "Communism," while carrying on with Lauren Bacall (miscast).
This action-adventure reflected Hollywood's Red Scare more than other pcitures of the era.
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