| | Bad Day At Black Rock DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Thriller Movies, Suspense Videos, Recommended, Classic, Social Issues, Race Relations, Classic Fight Scenes, Physically Impaired | | Starring | Spencer Tracy, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Robert Ryan, Andre Previn, Anne Francis, John Ericson | | Director | John Sturges | | Cinematographer | William C. Mellor | | Editor | Newell P. Kimlin | | Featured | Russell Collins | | Producer | Dore Schary | | Production Designer | Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown | | Set Designer | Edwin B. Willis, Fred M. MacLean | | Source Writer | Howard Briskin | | Writer | Millard Kaufman, Don McGuire |
Spancer Tracy stars. A mysterious stranger with a terrible past invades a tiny town with its own secrets. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK is a taut suspense story that seems to be always teetering on the edge of explosive violence. Spencer Tracy commands attention as a one-armed man who tames the ruffians who run roughshod over a weatherbeaten desert town. In the process, he uncovers the town's secrets and fulfills a promise made to the man who saved his life. 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. Theatrical release: January 7, 1955.
Shooting location: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, CA.
Bad Day At Black Rock Reviews: "[O]ne of the decade's most lauded movies for its use of early CinemaScope."-- Mike Clark, USA Today Bad Day At Black Rock | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.48) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1954 | | All Time Sales Rank |  4551  | | CD Universe Part number | 6838006 | | Catalog number | 66902 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 10, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 82 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
Bad Day At Black Rock Movie Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   my mother-in-law love it
I Purchased this movie for my mother-in-law, she said this is one of her favorite movies of all times
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 Even today, it's still a "must see"
This is one of the greatest movies ever filmed. Don't skip it. All the actors are excellent and Spencer Tracy is the best of the best. A great mystery which is not unraveled until the last, which will keep you turning the plot over and over in your mind, even years after having seen it. Don't be misled by the lack of a pretty background; instead, the tenseness and lurking danger should keep you glued to the screen. I highly recommend it as the best Spencer Tracy movie I've seen.
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One of the best in movies history
Practically every John Sturges movie deserves to be in a "Best" list, but this one was,and remain a stunner.
The action is fast,breath-taking,the atmosphere is palpable,equal to none in timing and perfect angles and Spencer Tracy's and Bob Ryan's acting is sublime.There's no need to say more,for any movie buff is an absolute must.
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Bad Day At Black Rock DVD Spencer Tracy stars with Robert Ryan, Lee marvin, Ernest Bornine and Walter Brennen in this offbeat and chilling tale of a man pitted against an entire town.
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