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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

NR ★ 7.3/10 81 min Thriller, Mystery, Western United States English
Director: John Sturges
Screenplay by: Millard Kaufman
Story by: Howard Breslin
Adaptation: Don McGuire
Streaming: Not available
Just the way it happened!

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy John J. Macreedy
Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan Reno Smith
Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin Hector David
Dean Jagger
Dean Jagger Tim Horn
Anne Francis
Anne Francis Liz Wirth
John Ericson
John Ericson Pete Wirth
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine Coley Trimble

Bad Day at Black Rock Appears on 12 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #716
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #710
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #43

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time
IndieWire #35
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Western Movies
Paste Magazine #72
The Observers Christmas Films
The Observer #21

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #19
Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #172
Paul Thomas Anderson's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #03
Pete Docter's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #16

Genre Curation

100 Essential Thrillers by BFI
British Film Institute #26

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #84

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