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Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Berry Kroeger, Anita Ekberg
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Blood Alley |
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Directed by William A. Wellman in 1955. Captive in a Chinese prison for more than two years now, Capt. Tom Wilder is set free by the inhabitants of a small village who ask him in return to help them to flee China by transporting the whole village to Hong Kong in an old ferry boat. Tom Wilder accepts the proposal of these villagers and, soon all the inhabitants embark on the ferry for this 500 kilometers journey along the coasts of Communist China called "Blood Alley".
During the trip, the passengers will have to foil the schemes of a pro-communist family which poisons the whole stock of food, to undergo a violent storm which almost dislocates the boat and to spend worrisome hours to look for water and wood in order to run the ferry boat's boiler. On the eve of finally arriving to Hong Kong, the boat is attacked by the Chinese Navy and Tom Wilder must hide the ferry-boat in tall reeds bordering the coast, stop the boat's engine and ask the passengers to tug the boat with ropes.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Blood Alley |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Water adventure?
Yes
Water plotlets
- difficult ship voyage
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- civilian sailor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Chinese
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- China
Water?
Yes
Water:
- peddle boat
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- ocean ship battles
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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