Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Spencer Tracy
John J. Macreedy
Robert Ryan
Reno Smith
Anne Francis
Liz Wirth
Dean Jagger
Tim Horn
Walter Brennan
Doc Velie
John Ericson
Pete Wirth
Ernest Borgnine
Coley Trimble
Lee Marvin
Hector David
Russell Collins
Mr. Hastings
Billy Dix
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Sam
John Sturges
Director
K.L. Smith
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Robert Griffin
Second Train Conductor (uncredited)
Millard Kaufman
Writer
Don McGuire
Writer
Harry Harvey
First Train Conductor (uncredited)
Bobby Johnson
One of Two Porters (uncredited)
Howard Breslin
Writer
Francis McDonald
Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Dore Schary
Producer
Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
André Previn
Composer
Wesley C. Miller
Recording Supervision
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 13, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Budget$1,271,000
Box Office$3,788,000
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Wiki.
Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 American neo-Western film directed by John Sturges with screenplay by Millard Kaufman. It stars Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan with support from Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin. The film is a crime drama set in 1945 that contains elements of the revisionist Western genre. In the plot, a one-armed stranger (Tracy) comes to a small desert town and uncovers an evil secret that has corrupted the entire community.
The film was based on a short story called "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin, published by The American Magazine in January 1947. Filming began in July 1954 and the movie went on national release in January 1955. It was a box office success and was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1956. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".