

Bad Day at Black Rock
Just the way it happened!
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $3.8M
- Language
- English
- film noir
- murder
- racism
- desert
- based on short story
- post world war ii
- southwestern u.s.
- one armed man
- japanese american
- 1940s
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)Texas13 Jan 1955
- TheatricalNR1 Feb 1955
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPGLondon17 Mar 1955
AustriaAT
- Theatrical122 Dec 1955
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1213 Jan 1955
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1112 May 1958
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 Jun 1955
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1218 Oct 1955
ItalyIT
- Theatrical28 Oct 1955
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD14 Sept 2005
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1513 Jan 1955
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Bad Day at Black Rock was released on 13 January 1955.
Audience reviews
1- J8/10
John Chard
2/10/2017
Hateful subject given a master class telling. Produced by Dore Schary out of MGM, Bad Day at Black Rock is directed by John Sturges and stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin. It's adapted by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman from the story "Bad Day at Hondo" written by Howard Breslin. It's shot on location in CinemaScope and Eastman …
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