Blood Alley

1955

Action / Adventure

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 40% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 3919 3.9K

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Plot summary

An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

Director

John Wayne Photo
John Wayne

Top cast

David Chow Photo
David Chow as Boat Man
Danny Chang Photo
Danny Chang as Child Who Salutes Captain
James Hong Photo
James Hong as Communist Soldier
John Wayne Photo
John Wayne as Capt. Tom Wilder
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1.04 GB
1280*502
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 1
1.92 GB
1920*752
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gerald d 3 / 10

The fact that this film has John Wayne

The fact that this film has John Wayne as the lead should be a red flag. Totally miscast as the belligerent Captain trying to escape Communist China. Typical of the racist stereotype films Hollywood used to churn out in the 1950s. It's clearly a McCarthy era film out to prove a point that there are no reds under the bed at this studio! If you want to watch a really good film of the same genre watch African Queen.
Reviewed by Blu B 6 / 10

Almost everything about this is just ok. The

Almost everything about this is just ok. The music is decent but its overused and over the top a lot of times. It feels like once Wayne breaks out stuff just sort of happens and it starts to meander quite a bit at times especially when they are in the village. Once on the ship things get better but there really isn't much in the way of character devlopment and it feels like also stuff just happens while on the escape journey. The biggest flaw is the cinematography is just ok. Nothing really pops in this or is particulary well shot and the lack of color or elegant set design makes it very ho hum when the acting isn't anything special as well. Which leads to the next issue, Wayne is just ok in this and feels borderline miscast. He feels so out of place although he does get better as things progress. Finally the humor falls flat all the time. The "Baby" stuff feels pointless as well. Bacall is solid and the best thing in this. This needed to be shot in black and white, more elegant set design, recast Wayne, trade the humor for more tension and thrills (which this does have but not enough),and give a stronger supporting cast overall. Everyone else just sort of blends in and is super forgetful. I can't really recommend this to anyone besides hardcore Bacall fans. Everyone else should skip it.
Reviewed by Matthew D 3 / 10

John Wayne, standing up for the Chinese people

John Wayne, standing up for the Chinese people while mocking them openly ("Me thinky you talky too muchy") and trying to force children to eat rice that turns out to be poison (granted, he didn't believe that is was poison yet, but he didn't seem willing to listen to the concern). Anti-communist propaganda movies are generally the Duke's weakest, as they focus more on hammering the message into your head more than actually making a good movie.
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