Blood Alley |  | Directors: John Wayne, William A. Wellman
Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 21885
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 115857
UPC: 085391158578
EAN: 0085391158578
ASIN: B000O599XU
Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 1955
Release Date: May 22, 2007
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| • | An American merchant marine captain ferries a group of Chinese refugess down the Yangtze River to escape the Communists.Running Time: 115 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 085391158578 UPC: 085391158578 Manufacturer No: 115857 |
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BLOOD ALLEY (DVD MOVIE)
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 war movie January 12, 2010
Janelle Kellerman (Knox,Pa USA)
I lke this John Wayne movie. It is not a western.He is a boat captain in this one.
 Not as good a movie 40 years later... October 16, 2009
William W. Yee (Alhambra, CA)
This was one of my mom's favorite movies. She too had left Communist China after the 1949 revolution. One of our customers at our laundry was an extra in the movie. I've always been a big John Wayne fan but this was not one of his best performances. It looked like he was walking through the role. Lauren Bacall could have also given a better performance. Seeing Blood Alley forty years later from the viewpoint of an adult was a little disappointing.
 I think some people are missing something. March 5, 2009
Bills (Cedar Creek, Tx United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this movie many years ago and thought it was great, however, I was rather young at the time. I recently bought the DVD and was apprehensive about it not living up to my memory of it. It was actually better than I remembered it. I am also surprised at how many people seem to share my opinion. I thought this movie was far less well known and appreciated than it seems to be.
However, I think some people miss why it is such a good movie. Yes, it is a John Wayne movie and the narration follows his character throughout, however, the real star of the movie is the Chinese village. The villagers are the ones who plan and execute the ingenious escape from Red China. Wayne is just a hired hand; hired to accomplish one of the necessary tasks; and not a very enthusiastic hand at that.
The real story is about the patience, ingenuity, dedication, sacrifice, and determination of the village to accomplish their escape. Although the scenes featuring Wayne and Bacall appear as if they are the main thrust of the story, they are actually, for the most part, just interludes in the real story; which is of the progress of the villagers' plan.
I think this is the key to why this movie holds up so well after many viewings and after 30 years. It would have been a fine movie even without the Hollywood stars. Adding Wayne and Bacall was just the iceing on the cake.
blood alley is bloody great February 2, 2009
Sarah R. Garratt
If you are a John Wayne fan this is the movie for you. Great action and alot of personality for everyone.
 One of the worst John Wayne films July 26, 2008
Hal Jordan (USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, I guess I'm out of step with most reviewers on this one. I'm a great fan of the Duke, but this is one of his worst films. I didn't buy the plot for a minute. The scenes between Lauren Bacall and Wayne show zero chemistry. Frankly, much as I love Bacall's early films, she never quite made the transition from alluring ingenue to fully adult actress. This film is Exhibit A as to why her career never made it to the heights it might have. I don't think Wayne's conversations with the invisible "Baby" work either. They are annoying and don't add anything to the film. Finally, I have no political objection to using Caucasian actors to play Asian parts. In this case, though, using such familiar faces as Paul Fix to play the Chinese villagers is a major distraction and detracts from the realism of the film. So, unless you are determined to watch every film the Duke made, I would say not to waste your time with this one when there are so many better films to watch.
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