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Blood Alley Overview:

Blood Alley (1955) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by William A. Wellman and John Wayne (uncredited) and produced by John Wayne.

SYNOPSIS

Political prisoner Wilder (Wayne) is liberated by the inhabitants of a local Chinese village. The oppressed villagers are disillusioned by Communism's stranglehold and want the former Merchant Marine to sail their ship through the treacherous Formosa Straits, the infamous "Blood Alley," to Hong Kong and freedom.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

SYNOPSIS

Political prisoner Wilder (Wayne) is liberated by the inhabitants of a local Chinese village. The oppressed villagers are disillusioned by Communism's stranglehold and want the former Merchant Marine to sail their ship through the treacherous Formosa Straits, the infamous "Blood Alley," to Hong Kong and freedom.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Blood Alley BlogHub Articles:

CINEMASCOPE BLOGATHON: BLOOD ALLEY. ( 1955 )

By Crystal Kalyana on Mar 16, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

CINEMASCOPE BLOGATHON: “BLOOD ALLEY”. ( 1955 ) This year I’m participating in the Cinemascope Blogathon, which is hosted by Wide Screen World. For my contribution, I will be exhibiting the 1955 Cinemascope production “Blood Alley” starring Lauren Bacall and John Wayne. ... Read full article

Blood Alley (1955) with John Wayne and Lauren Bacall

By Orson De Welles on Oct 2, 2014 From Classic Film Freak

Share This! Adventure on the danger waters of the Orient! The lead is a replacement, taking the role after the original star was fired and the second and third choices declined.  The second lead took the role to be with the original star.  What could possibly go wrong? The ultimate leads are John ... Read full article

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Blood Alley Facts
Average Shot Length = ~6.2 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.6 seconds. Both of these figures are fast for an early CinemaScope film, and much faster than William A. Wellman's first CinemaScope film, The High and the Mighty.
Robert Mitchum was originally cast as Capt. Wilder. He was fired from the film after an altercation in which he shoved the film's transportation manager into San Francisco Bay. Director Wellman complained to Wayne that the star "was on dope, always walking about six inches off the ground." Wellman said either he or Mitchum had to go. Gregory Peck subsequently turned down the role of Capt. Wilder, and Humphrey Bogart wanted a $500,000 salary, which would have put the film over budget. Without a major male star involved, Warner Bros. contacted producer John Wayne, threatening to pull out of their distribution deal for the film unless he took the role himself. To keep his new production company Batjac afloat, Wayne agreed to play Capt. Wilder.
There was some surprise when Lauren Bacall agreed to make the movie since she was a left-wing Democrat and the film was right-wing propaganda.
John Wayne appeared in an episode of I Love Lucy to promote this film. In a scene when Lucy is hiding in Wayne's trailer on set, a worker brings in the large poster for "Blood Alley" for his approval just before he is about to receive a massage. As Lucy tries to sneak away, he hears her and makes her give the massage without ever seeing her.
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