Bad Day at Black Rock
TOWERING INFERNAL Lee Marvin, standing, looms over Tracy.
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Time Out says
Occasionally flabby but generally impressive thriller in which one-armed war-veteran Tracy gets off a train to encounter a desert town full of aggressive types clearly hiding a secret (involving land-grabbing and murder: Hollywood's first acknowledgement of America's less than honourable treatment of its Japanese citizens during World War II). Nicely put together by Sturges, its suspense derives largely from the excellent performances and imaginative use of the 'Scope frame by cameraman William C Mellor.Author: GA
Release details
UK release:
1954
Duration:
81 mins
Cast and crew
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Cast:
Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger, Anne Francis, Lee Marvin, Spencer Tracy
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