Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 Eastman Color in CinemaScope thriller directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan that combines elements of the western with that of film noir. The supporting cast includes Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine.
In late 1945, onearmed John J. Macreedy Spencer Tracy gets off a passenger train at the isolated desert hamlet of Black Rock. It is the first time in four years that the train has stopped there. Macreedy is looking for a man named Komoko, but the few residents are inexplicably hostile. The young hotel desk clerk, Pete Wirth John Ericson, claims he has no vacant rooms. Macreedy is threatened by Hector David Lee Marvin. Later, Reno Smith Robert Ryan informs Macreedy that Komoko, a JapaneseAmerican, was interned during World War II.Certain that something is wrong, Macreedy sees the local sheriff, Tim Horn Dean Jagger, but the alcoholic lawman is clearly afraid of Smith and is impotent to help. The veterinarian and undertaker, Doc Velie Walter Brennan, advises Macreedy to leave town immediately, but also lets slip that Komoko is dead. Petes sister, Liz Anne Francis, rents Macreedy a Jeep. He drives to nearby Adobe Flat, where he finds a homestead burned to the ground and wildflowers. On the way back, Coley Trimble Ernest Borgnine tries to run him off the road. ........
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