When his character demanded a jilted lover,Wayne went to great lengths of ruthlessnessto mark his territory.
However, a few roles in his career came not from this careful selection but from happenstance or necessity.
One such part is his naval captain in the 1955 seafaring adventureBlood Alley.
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What’s ‘Blood Alley’ About?
Central toBlood Alleyare the propagandist ideologies of the Cold War.
Most of the filming took place at China Camp in San Francisco Bay.
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“That’ll be the day.”
It attempts to mash seriousness with comedy.
Wayne’s Captain Wilder has an awkward ongoing dialogue with a phantom he affectionately dubs “Babe.”
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It is a strange narrative equipment that injects an uneven attempt at comedy.
Faced with a production in turmoil, Batjac Productions scrambled to find a replacement.
