Blood Alley

"Powder your nose, baby," the craggy-voiced skipper bellows. "We're coming into Hong Kong." Getting there wasn't easy for wily Merchant Marine Capt. Tom Wilder. But it's exciting - and all an action fan might expect from a movie teaming legends John Wayne, Lauren Bacall and director William A. Wellman. Wilder braves dangerous waters and pursuing Red Chinese forces while steering a boatload of Chinese refugees and a doctor's daughter (Bacall) along a 300-mile waterway to freedom's shores. Wellman and his crew cram the CinemaScope frame with riches both scenic (Northern California locales authentically stand in for the Formosa Straits) and action-packed. This ship is under full steam. Destination: Blood Alley!

Director: John Wayne
Director: William A. Wellman
Director: William Wellman
Producer: John Wayne
Actor: John Wayne
Actor: Lauren Bacall
Actor: Paul Fix
Actor: Berry Kroeger
Actor: Joy Kim
Actor: Berry Kroger
Actor: Anita Ekberg
Actor: W. T. Chang
Actor: Lowell Gilmore
Actor: W.T. Chang
Actor: Walter Soo Hoo
Actor: Mike Mazurki
Actor: Henry Nakamura
Actor: George Chan
Actor: Victor Sen Yung