Blood Alley

1955 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 3,704 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman

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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!
00:09:45 Yes. I remember. Thank you.
00:12:48 She was the one trick I had up my sleeve, when I was a guest of the Commies...
00:15:26 I've watched that relic for two years now.
00:18:18 This is my favorite spot. No one comes up here anymore but me.
00:20:26 They'd be held responsible. They'd all be killed.
00:23:37 Want you very number-one wash?
00:28:35 - Where's my chart? - I had Susu burn it in the kitchen.
00:33:36 Chinese, Eurasian, and White Russian.
00:38:55 Are you blind, Susu?
00:41:59 I train my cousins many months ago. Great black gang.
00:44:54 It has so happened.
00:48:23 Once the smoke begins, we ourselves will encourage the panic.
00:54:15 That jack staff is so grimy, I can't steer by it.
01:00:46 Get ready to shove off.
01:05:13 I looked.
01:15:40 Why we stop? She wanty baby born in Hong Kong.
01:19:40 about leaving the ship, can you?
01:24:58 A few handfuls of rice we saved for the children.
01:32:22 some Hong Kong taipan with a villa on The Peak...
01:40:05 One ship feeding on another. We'll be doing it next.
01:43:22 fear that would make a man sacrifice his own son...
01:55:14 English

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed778
Dialogue density7.1 lines / min
First line00:01:59
Final line01:55:14

Production Record

DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,704