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Blood Alley ()


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His ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong.

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Capt. Tom Wilder
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Cathy Grainger
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Mr. Tso
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Susu
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Old Feng (as Berry Kroger)
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Big Han
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Wei Ling
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Mr. Sing (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
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Villager (uncredited)
Danny Chang ...
Child Who Salutes Captain (uncredited)
W.T. Chang ...
Mr. Han (uncredited)
David Chow ...
Boat Man (uncredited)
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Ferry Boat Captain (uncredited)
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British Officer (uncredited)
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Communist Soldier (uncredited)
Paul King ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Esther Ying Lee ...
Villager (uncredited)
Edwin Luke ...
Feng's #2 Nephew (uncredited)
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Tack - Engineer (uncredited)
Owen Song ...
Villager (uncredited)
Walter Soo Hoo ...
Feng's #1 Nephew (uncredited)
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Cpl. Wang (uncredited)

Directed by

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William A. Wellman
John Wayne ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Albert Sidney Fleischman ... (screenplay) (as A.S. Fleischman)
 
Albert Sidney Fleischman ... (novel "Blood Alley") (as A.S. Fleischman)

Produced by

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John Wayne ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Roy Webb

Cinematography by

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William H. Clothier ... (photography)

Editing by

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Fred MacDowell

Editorial Department

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Sam O'Steen ... apprentice editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Alfred Ybarra

Set Decoration by

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Victor A. Gangelin ... (set decorations) (as Victor Gangelin)

Costume Design by

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Gwen Wakeling ... (costumes designed by)

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Margaret Donovan ... hair stylist
Web Overlander ... makeup supervisor
Norman Pringle ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Tom Andre ... unit production manager
Nate H. Edwards ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Andrew V. McLaglen ... assistant director
Robert H. Justman ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Al Murphy ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Joe LaBella ... property master (as Joseph LaBella)

Sound Department

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Earl Crain Sr. ... sound
Carl Mahakian ... sound editor (uncredited)
Paul Reuting ... sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Daniel Hays ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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David Chow ... stunts (uncredited)
Gene Coogan ... stunts (uncredited)
Evelyn Finley ... stunts (uncredited)
Duke Green ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy ... stunts (uncredited)
Stubby Kruger ... stunts (uncredited)
Sharon Lucas ... stunts (uncredited)
Shirley Lucas ... stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry ... stunts (uncredited)
Regis Parton ... stunts (uncredited)
Preston Petersen ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Sterling ... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson ... stunts (uncredited)

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Don Christy ... still photographer
Bob Farmer ... best boy
Robert Johannes ... camera operator
Ralph Owen ... gaffer
Phil Stern ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Esther Krebs ... wardrobe
Carl Walker ... costumes: men / wardrobe

Music Department

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Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (as Maurice de Packh)
Gus Levene ... orchestrator
Lloyd Young ... music editor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sam Freedle ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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George Coleman ... transportation coordinator (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In China, the American Merchant Navy Capt. Tom Wilder has been prisoner of the Chinese for two years. Out of the blue, he receives a message in a mattress with a Russian uniform, a revolver and the information that the guards had been bribed to let him escape. He meets a man waiting for him in a sampan and they head to the Chiku Shan village. He meets the village leader Mr. Tso and the American Cathy Grainger that explain him that they have recruited him to take 179 villagers to Hong Kong in a ferry boat. He is reluctant, since the old boat is adequate to inland waters only and does not have maps or charts. But soon he is convinced to accept the dangerous trip. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Adventure on the danger waters of the Orient! See more »
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Also Known As
  • William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (United States)
  • William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (United Kingdom)
  • L'allée sanglante (France)
  • Der gelbe Strom (Germany)
  • Callejón sangriento (Spain)
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  • 110 min
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Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Humphrey Bogart visited the set as he began to film The Left Hand of God (1955). Lauren Bacall later recalled that John Wayne was the first to send flowers after Bogart became ill with cancer in 1956, even though he hardly knew Bogart. See more »
Goofs According to the map drawn by John Wayne, the course from Chiku Shan to Hong Kong is in a Southwesterly direction. However, the morning after the storm when he has Lauren Bacall take the wheel he tells her to steer a course of zero four five (045) which a compass reading of Northeast, the exact opposite of their direction of travel. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hellcats of the Navy (1957). See more »
Crazy Credits The title is shown in Chinese characters, which dissolve into English. See 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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