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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)  link to Bad Day at Black Rock on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 3383

poster Bad Day at Black Rock

IMDb Rating:
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7.7/10 (17708 votes)

Country: USA, 81 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime, Western, Mystery

Director(s): John Sturges

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. The town is only a speck on the map and few if any strangers ever come to the place. Macreedy himself is tight-lipped about the purpose of his trip and he finds that the hotel refuses him a room, the local garage refuses to rent him a car and the sheriff is a useless drunkard. It's apparent that the locals have something to hide but when he finally tells them that he is there to speak to a Japanese-American farmer named Kamoko, he touches a nerve so sensitive that he will spend the next 24 hours fighting for his life.

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Cast:

photo Spencer Tracy Spencer Tracy John J. Macreedy
photo Robert Ryan Robert Ryan Reno Smith
photo Anne Francis Anne Francis Liz Wirth
photo Dean Jagger Dean Jagger Tim Horn
photo Walter Brennan Walter Brennan Doc Velie

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.55:1