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Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955

Starring: Spencer Tracy

Directed by: John Sturges

Written by: Howard Breslin

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 81 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.8

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The mood of Bad Day at Black Rock is tense, atmospheric, and suspenseful. The plot centers around crimes, a missing person, and isolation. It is a drama, thriller, and western movie. In approach, Bad Day at Black Rock is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in a small town. It happens in the 20th century. Bad Day at Black Rock is based on a book. The movie is known for being a Cannes festival winner, a classic, and a masterpiece. Note that it includes violent content.

Summary of Bad Day at Black Rock

John Sturges's classic, both a tale of grace under pressure and an allegory of McCarthyism, stars Spencer Tracy as John McReedy, a World War II veteran with a crippled arm. His arrival in the tiny southwestern whistle-stop of Black Rock in 1945 evokes fear and suspicion in its few inhabitants; no stranger has appeared in town for four years. When he tries to check into the hotel, he's denied a room. When McReedy insists on going up to one of the rooms, Hector (Lee Marvin), a menacing cowpoke, follows him and tries to bait him into fighting but fails. McReedy's request for information about Komoko, the Japanese farmer he's seeking, is met with silence by the frightened sheriff (Dean Jagger). Town boss Reno Smith (Robert Ryan), who's already having McReedy investigated, feigns hospitality while informing McReedy that Komoko left town long ago. McReedy rents a Jeep and rides out to Komoko's abandoned farm only to find a grave. Since he was surveilled by Coley (Ernest Borgnine), one of Smith's goons, McReedy must deal with the worst when he gets back to Black Rock. One of the best films of the 1950s, the tense, atmospheric story, which is exceptionally well acted by Tracy and an all-star cast of supporting players, garnered an Academy Award nomination for director Sturges.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	7 January 1955
Runtime:	81 min
Awards:	Cannes

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Spencer Tracy for Best Actor at the 1955 Cannes

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Long, pretentious, "stagey", pseudo-artsy, dull...just a few of the descriptors that come to mind in describing this crashingly boring exercise in film-making. Given the acting talent, director John Sturges' ghost should be ashamed. This flick is a... Read and rate it

04.March.2011
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by: Dale Williams
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This movie has been long overdue for a DVD release. Finally, you can enjoy this one on a wide screen TV. If you haven't seen this one it's a modern-day western with an amazing tough-guy cast. Colorful with a great soundtrack to boot. Read and rate it

20.September.2010
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by: felixxx999
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