Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

NR01/13/1955Thriller, Mystery, Western1h 21m
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Just the way it happened!

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Spencer Tracy

    John J. Macreedy

  2. Cast 1

    Robert Ryan

    Reno Smith

  3. Cast 1

    Walter Brennan

    Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

  4. Cast 1

    Lee Marvin

    Hector David

  5. Cast 1

    Dean Jagger

    Tim Horn

  6. Cast 1

    Anne Francis

    Liz Wirth

  7. Cast 1

    John Ericson

    Pete Wirth

  8. Cast 1

    Ernest Borgnine

    Coley Trimble

  9. Cast 1

    Russell Collins

    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

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