Blood Alley
1955 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 3,704 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman
Overview
An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
Dialogue Timeline — 778 lines
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00:01:59 "A sampan loaded with bean-cake fertilizer...
00:04:24 It's a gun. It's real!
00:09:43 - What? - I wrote the note. I'm Cathy Grainger.
00:12:40 Baby?
00:15:18 - The ferryboat. - The ferryboat?
00:17:16 A trip down Blood Alley in a ferryboat is no Sunday excursion.
00:20:13 Now he just sits in it...
00:23:01 Where were the graveyard of ships?
00:27:57 Don't be a fool just because I was. Shove off.
00:33:19 Now, wait a minute.
00:38:22 Likey Missy Cathy?
00:41:28 I plenty good engineer. Know my stuff.
00:44:28 Nephew Tack brings also the Amoy paper.
00:47:58 For two years, we have secretly raised the bottom...
00:53:46 Where are you going?
00:57:34 You can sleep in Hong Kong. What about fuel?
01:02:09 No.
01:12:59 I hope they think the Amoy ferry lost itself in the fog.
01:17:15 Watch me, Captain.
01:21:33 They make us fear our own food in order to starve and weaken us.
01:31:31 Way I figure, we're somewhere near Honghai Bay.
01:36:41 There may be villages around, but stay out of them.
01:41:13 Little idiot.
01:47:48 You needn't have arranged a 21-gun salute.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed778
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:01:59
Final line01:47:48
Production Record
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,704