Blood Alley

Name: Blood Alley
Genre: Adventure
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 40

1955, Adventure, 1h 55m

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Movie Info

Chinese villagers free a merchant marine captain (John Wayne) from the communists to take them to Hong Kong in a stern-wheeler.

Genre:

Adventure
Original Language:

English
Director:

William A. Wellman
Producer:

William A. Wellman
Writer:

Albert Sidney Fleischman
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 1, 1955 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 31, 2006
Runtime:

1h 55m
Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast & Crew

John Wayne
Capt. Tom Wilder

Lauren Bacall
Cathy Grainger

Paul Fix
Mr. Tso

Joy Kim
Susu

Berry Kroeger
Old Feng

Mike Mazurki
Big Han

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Critic Reviews for Blood Alley

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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