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Blood Alley (1955) -- A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
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Release Date:
1 October 1955 (USA) more
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Adventure on the danger waters of the Orient!
Plot:
A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into... more | add synopsis
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Not bad, but ....cheesy more (20 total)

Cast

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John Wayne ... Capt. Tom Wilder

Lauren Bacall ... Cathy Grainger
Paul Fix ... Mr. Tso
Joy Kim ... Susu, Cathy's maid
Berry Kroeger ... Old Feng (as Berry Kroger)
Mike Mazurki ... Big Han

Anita Ekberg ... Wei Ling
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Additional Details

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William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
110 min | Argentina:116 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording) (optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (WarnerPhonic/RCA) (magnetic prints)
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Average Shot Length = ~6.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.6 seconds. Both of these figures are fast for an early CinemaScope film, and much faster than William A. Wellman's first CinemaScope film, The High and the Mighty (1954). more
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Continuity: Bacall tells Wayne that the map he had been making was burned in the kitchen because there was no time to hide it before the troops arrived. A short time later, Wayne is seen writing on the same map (note the human anatomy on the front side of it). more
Quotes:
Capt. Tom Wilder: [spoken through voice tube to engine room] If you want a last look at home, you'd better take it now.
Tack: [heavy with sorrow] I looked.
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8 out of 33 people found the following comment useful.
Not bad, but ....cheesy, 23 January 2004
3/10
Author: a5pacific from Manchester. UK

Not a bad movie, but since it is made by Americans, there is a lot of USA born Chinese trying to speak Chinese without much success, and it turns out to be goobledegook. Should have hired some real chinese to do the speaking parts.

John Wayne's reference to "baby" makes me want to puke, it is cheesy to the extreme. Some great actions by the steam boat, unfortunately not by actors. I will not watch this film again, once is enough.

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