Financial analysis of blood alley 1955 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. They imprison him for two years, but he eventually. His ship seized by the chinese communists, american merchant captain tom. 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 hongkong. Wellman, with john wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, at turner classic movies. Jul 05, 2018 warner bros released blood alley to theaters on october 1, 1955.
Screen legends john wayne rio bravo and oscarnominee lauren bacall the big sleep, the mirror has two faces star in this tale of a great escape, as a group of refugees are led to freedom from red china. Blood alley by william wellman john wayne, william wellman. Blood alley internet movie firearms database guns in. Wellman, john wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, action, adventure march 8, 2017 a merchant marine captain, rescued from the chinese communists by local villagers, is shanghaied into transporting the whole village to hong kong on an ancient paddle steamer. Aug 06, 2017 the movie 35 before john wayne and lauren bacall teamed up for his final picture, the shootist, which would round out waynes legendary career as a film legend in the 70s, they worked together on a now mostly forgotten warner bros.
Released 1955, blood alley stars johnwayne, laurenbacall, paulfix, joykim the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Blood alley is a 1955 american seafaring cold war adventure film produced by john wayne, directed by william a. John wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, joy kim, berry kroeger, mike mazurki, wei ling, henry nakamura. Wellman eskadrila lafayette, drzavni neprijatelj, zuto nebo, potpisnik brojnih. Blood alley 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Starring john wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, and joy kim. Although not as strongly as others, blood alley was one film that had such propaganda. Apr 03, 2015 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. The blue peter 1955 film blue sky 1955 film bluebeard 1955 film blunder boys. The film was shot in glorious warnercolor, with china camp, a fishing village situated on the san francisco bay serving as the location. On the surface, the film, about the escape of the chiku shan village in red china to freedom in hong kong, is supposed to be a quintessentially john wayne actionadventure. Angel and the badmanjohn wayne on film the star packerblue steel movie online.
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The 1955 film blood alley was shot in cinemascope, which was directed by william a. Fleischman adapted the screenplay of blood alley from his own novel. Angel and the badmanjohn wayne on filmthe star packerblue steel movie online. A merchant marine captain, rescued from the chinese communists by local visitors, is shanghaied into transporting the whole. Wayne plays a veteran seaman who comes to the aid of lauren bacall, the daughter of a missionary doctor. John wayne teaches those dirty commies yet another lesson in blood alley. When blood alley came out in 1955 the chinese communist takeover was in 1949 and we in this country, rightly or wrongly, were not recognizing them.
A group of chinese villagers persuade an imprisoned merchant marine to sail them to safety from the communist forces. 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. John wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, joy kim, berry kroeger writer. Christmas seals 1955, theatrical psa this was filmed on set of blood alley, and john wayne promotes christmas seals decisions c. Blood alley 1955 pitted wayne and lauren bacall against chinese communists, and goodbye, my lady 1956 was a sentimental film. Blood alley 1955 chinese villagers free a merchant marine captain john wayne from the communists to take them to hong kong in a sternwheeler. Top comments blood alley does not have any comments yet. Blood alley is a 1955 seafaring adventure movie starring john wayne and lauren bacall set in china. Blood is a horror firstperson shooter created by monolith productions and published by gt interactive in 1997 for msdos.
Blood alley was the first released film of waynes batjac productions, inc. Bacall is pretty and fine in her role, though the part isnt the greatest. This john wayne vehicle appears to have taken much of its inspiration from the african queen, replacing the nazis with communist chinese, and adding in a chinese village as an additional passenger. This movie was based on a novel of the same name by albert s. Blood alley widescreen, subtitled, dolby, repackaged on.
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Blood alley 1955 was the first film to be made by john waynes batjac productions company and the film is one of john waynes most politically propagandistic films of the 1950s, and is based on a. Blood alley, dvd, widescreen, subtitled, dolby, repackaged, action adventure, 085391158578. Blood alley 1955 pitted wayne and lauren bacall against chinese communists, and goodbye, my lady 1956 was a sentimental film about a young boy and his dog set in the american south. John wayne collection lauren bacall 1955 film new sealed blood alley dvd, 2007 john wayne collection lauren bacall 1955 film. It was produced by john wayne, directed by william a. The ultimate leads are john wayne and lauren bacall, and the film is 1955s blood alley. Starring john wayne and lauren bacall the following weapons were used in the film blood alley. Blood alley is a 1955 american seafaring cold war adventure film drama from warner bros. John wayne in blood alley 1955 by vintage original movie stills.
Aug 04, 2017 the 1955 film blood alley was shot in cinemascope, which was directed by william a. Akfilmfans rating of the film blood alley akfilmfan while it has its moments, waynes anticommunist film that was full of production trouble is a fair movie that doesnt. Blood alley is a 1955 adventure movie directed by william a. John wayne portrayed the role of a lifetime a ships captain who slaps the chinese communists in the face.
Fleischman, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. John wayne was a ship captain who was thrown into prison and had his ship. However, in actuality, blood alley is a message film. Wellman with john wayne, lauren bacall, paul fix, anita ekberg, year. Read the full synopsis of blood alley, 1955, directed by william a. The film was written by albert sidney fleischman from his novel, directed. True justice 2 collection 6dvd box set vengeance is mine blood alley violence of action angel of death dead drop one shot one life nonusa format, pal, reg. Street date july 18, 2017 available through the wbshop 21. Blood alley dvd, 2005 blood alley is about an american being held in a chinese prison for political reasons. Warner bros released blood alley to theaters on october 1, 1955. Written by albert sidney fleischman, and based on his novel, the film. Robert mitchum was the original starred who bacall wanted to play against, though in her. Wellman directs the film which stars john wayne, lauren bacall, and paul fix.
Wellman john wayne genres action, adventure subgenres action thriller, escape film release date oct 1, 1955 usa unknown run time 115 min. Paused for boat repairs, cathy lauren bacall, herself a semicaptive of the chinese authorities, warns captain tom john wayne that members of a communistsympathizing family may have poisoned the other refugees food supply, in blood alley, 1955, directed by andrew v. Blood alley begins with chinese communists capturing the ship of captain tom wilder, an american merchant mariner. Blood alley full movie watch online, stream or download chili. Blood alley 1955 cast and crew chinese villagers free a merchant marine captain john wayne from the communists to take them to hong kong in a sternwheeler. Maybe the policy was bad, didnt mean the chinese communists were any good. A preposterous but entertaining adventure melodrama, blood alley 1955 was one of several anticommunist movies star john wayne made during the 1950s. Screen legends john wayne rio bravo and oscarnominee lauren bacall the big sleep, the mirror has two faces star in this tale of a great escape, as a group of refugees are led to. Watch your purchase on movies anywhere supported devices.