Where was Blood Alley filmed?

After being assisted in his successful prison break, Wilder is asleep in the boat as he travels with a Chinese gentleman down the river to Chiku Shan. The site that greets him is a small village with many boats moored in the port. He climbs off the boat and is greeted by several of the city’s elders and later meets Kathy Grainger. This conversation ensues.

Tso: Welcome to our humble village, eminent brother! We trust your journey has been without a wayward incident. We are the elders, Mr. Sing, Mr. Han, and this unworthy who serves as headman called Tso.

A woman approaches.

Cathy: Did I spell your name right, Captain Wilder? I’m Cathy Grainger. I wrote the note.

Wilder: Oh, yes, I remember. Thank you.

Tso: Come, there is food and a soft bed awaiting our illustrious guest.

Cathy: It’s lovely here. You’ll like it.

Wilder: Am I staying long?

Cathy: None of us are.

To visit this Blood Alley filming location, you have several public transportation options available to you. You can take bus lines 72, 72 R, or 74, travel by train on route CC or board the BART lines Orange or Red.

understand why he has been brought to this village and what his role will be. He and Cathy engage in this discussion.

Wilder: Look what’s going on? What am I doing here?

Cathy: You’re one of God’s footsteps.

Wilder: What?

Cathy: That’s one of Mr. Tso’s ways of saying a miracle.

Wilder: A miracle? Me?

The Sacramento River is the site where this scene was shot. Some of the surrounding area that resembles a small village was constructed specifically for the filming of this movie. To get to the Sacramento River, you can take bus line 56.

Wilder is hard at work preparing a map that will help him guide the villagers from Chiku Shan to safety. He puts his work aside for a time and calls to Susu. Cathy appears at the bottom of the stairs, pretending to be Susu. The two share this conversation in one of the funniest scenes in Blood Alley.

Wilder: Susu! Susu!

Cathy {pretending to be Susu}: Want you very number one wash, Ama?

Wilder: Tell Mr. Tso, him catchy very number one ferryboat captain.

Cathy: That won’t be necessary. I already have.

This scene is filmed in one of the hotel rooms in the famed Hotel Stockton. Though this building is no longer set up as a film set, it has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The area is also now home to several sets of apartment buildings known as the Hotel Stockton Apartments. Bus service is available directly to the grounds of this former Blood Alley production location.

The Red Chinese descend upon the village in a destroyer with their red flag proudly waving in the breeze. The villagers panic and attempt to run to safety. Cathy runs to Wilder’s room and knocks on his door, attempting to wake him up from a deep slumber.

She says to him, “Captain Wilder, Captain Wilder! Wake up! Captain Wilder!” The conversation continues.

Wilder: I’m awake!

Cathy: There are soldiers in the lagoon. This house will be one of the first they search. Please hurry. Mr. Tso is waiting outside.

Wilder: You know what will happen if they find me?

Cathy: I know what they’ll do to the village.

Wilder: Makes me kind of a one-man plague, doesn’t it?

Wilder hurries through the courtyard and outside just as the Red Chinese army begins to advance into the village. He takes refuge inside an elementary school with Tao.

Bus route 122 will take you within walking distance of this beloved natural space that provides the ideal backdrop for several Blood Alley scenes.

A man roasts an animal on a spit while the villagers hungrily look on, waiting for their dinner. A group of children swirl their chopsticks in their bowls as they anxiously look forward to their meal in the saloon. Cathy goes to find Wilder in his room above the saloon and tells him he needs to come to investigate what is going on. She suspects the Fengs have poisoned the villagers’ food. This dialogue takes place in one of the best scenes in Blood Alley.

Cathy: You better come down to the saloon.

Wilder: Can’t it wait?

Cathy: They think our food has been poisoned.

A man speaks to the villagers in Chinese, trying to force them to eat the rice that has been prepared for their supper. As Wilder approaches, this conversation takes place.

Cook: Their bellies are empty, Captain. But none of them will touch it. The rice, the soup, they may have poisoned everything.

Wilder approaches one of the Feng children and tells him, “Eat it, comrade, it will make you big and strong.” The boy turns his head away and refuses the food. “Or dead, huh?”

To visit this Blood Alley film set that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, take bus lines 375, 40, or 555.

The villagers sit in the saloon with Cathy and Wilder trying to get to the bottom of the mystery of the poisoned food. The room is largely silent with no one daring to move or to speak. Wilder commands a young boy to come to him. His mother grabs him to her, holding him tightly, but Wilder tells the boy to come again, and he obeys. Cathy speaks sharply to Wilder, questioning his next move. The following conversation continues.

Cathy: Tom!

Wilder: Stay out of this.

He hands the boy the food and speaks to him in Chinese, telling him to eat it. The boy turns to look at his mother who shakes her head no.

Wilder tells him to eat the food and tries to force it into the boy’s mouth. The mother races to her son and takes the dish from his hands while all of the villagers stare at her with contempt. She throws the food in the face of the man who poisoned the food supply. Wilder grabs the man and begins shoving rice in his face, saying, “He’ll test it for us!”

One of the most interesting action scenes in Blood Alley, this film set is located on an island with sets built specifically for the footage to be shot here. To get to Belvedere Island, you will need to take the TF ferry.