7.8
“Just the way it happened!”
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
January 13, 19551h 21mEN
7.3
416 votes
Overview
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Director
John SturgesWriters
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1.3M
Revenue
$3.8M
Production Companies
Loew's IncorporatedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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User Reviews
John Chard
8.0Hateful subject given a master class telling. Produced by Dore Schary out of MGM, Bad Day at Black Rock is directed by John Sturges and stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin. It's adapted by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman from the story "Bad Day at Hondo" written by Howard Breslin. It's shot on location in CinemaScope and Eastman Color at Lone Pine, Death Valley & Alabama Hills in California, with William C. Mellor on photography and André Previn scoring the music. A classy production that combines eleme…
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