Blood Alley

1955

Blood Alley

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Movie Info

In this film, John Wayne plays a veteran seaman who comes to the aid of Lauren Bacall, the daughter of a missionary doctor killed by the Red Chinese. Bacall convinces the Duke to smuggle a group of villagers past the communist forces and into the safe harbor of Hong Kong.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
Directed By:

William Wellman, John Wayne
Written By:

Albert Sidney Fleischman
In Theaters:

Oct 1, 1955 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

May 3, 2005
Runtime:

115 minutes
Studio:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

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Cast

John Wayne
as Capt. Tom Wilder

Lauren Bacall
as Cathy Grainger

Paul Fix
as Mr. Tso

Joy Kim
as Susu

Berry Kroeger
as Old Feng

Barry Kroger

Mike Mazurki
as Big Han

Anita Ekberg
as Wei Long

Henry Nakamura
as Tack

W.T. Chang
as Mr. Han

George Chan
as Mr. Sing

James Hong
as Communist Soldier (uncredited)

Walter Soo Hoo
as Feng's No. 1 nephew

Victor Sen Yung
as Corporal Wang

Lowell Gilmore
as British officer

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Critic Reviews for Blood Alley

All Critics (4) | DVD (2)

...an enjoyable if slight piece of filmmaking...

Dec 28, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…

Nathanael Hood
The Retro Set
Lesser seen Duke Wayne, here teamed with Lauren Bacall in international actioner.

Apr 23, 2007 | Rating: 3/5

Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Camouflaged as action-adventure, this is one of John Wayne's most propagadistic movies, in which he rescues an entire village from the ill of Communism.

May 28, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Mitchum was lucky to get out of this stinker!

Aug 9, 2005 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Blood Alley

Aug 06, 2010

A really cool movie and John Wayne doing what he does best, killing commies and seducing Lauren Bacall. The on location look to it really sells it though, it doesn't feel like just a generic studio movie, it looks like they're in China. It's interesting that John Wayne co-directed this at such an early time to, it's a great job for a first movie or a seasoned director. All around it's just a fun semi-war movie with some interesting early views on communism.

Conner R Super Reviewer
Dec 16, 2007

Enjoyable action-packed and escapism with John Wayne, Lauren Bacall and assorted Chinese escaping down river to Hong Kong.

Dean M Super Reviewer