Bad Day at Black Rock
Just the way it happened!
WesternDramaCrimeMysteryThrillerfilm noirmurderracismdesertbased on short storypost world war iisouthwestern u.s.one armed manjapanese american1940s
A taut noir-inflected thriller about a stranger's arrival in a corrupt desert town, where buried secrets and racial violence simmer beneath a facade of small-town normalcy.
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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Spencer Tracy
John J. Macreedy
Robert Ryan
Reno Smith
Walter Brennan
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Lee Marvin
Hector David
Dean Jagger
Tim Horn
Anne Francis
Liz Wirth
John Ericson
Pete Wirth
Ernest Borgnine
Coley Trimble
Russell Collins
Mr. Hastings
Walter Sande
Sam
Billy Dix
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
K.L. Smith
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
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