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Blood Alley (1955)

Blood Alley poster
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Genre
action film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A merchant sea captain helps American civilians and Chinese villagers escape Communist China by sailing a boat through dangerous waters to Hong Kong. They face pursuit and obstacles along the way.

tenseadventurousearnestbriskpatrioticgrittysuspenseful

What happens

Blood Alley is a 1955 American seafaring Cold War adventure film produced by John Wayne, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Wayne and Lauren Bacall. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and shot in CinemaScope and Warnercolor. The film depicts a voyage from Chiku Shan, a village on the Communist Chinese coast, all the way to Hong Kong via the Formosa Strait. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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