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.
John J. Macreedy
Reno Smith
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Hector David
Tim Horn
Liz Wirth
Pete Wirth
Coley Trimble
Mr. Hastings
Hateful 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...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,271,000.00
Revenue $3,788,000.00