Top billed cast

1. 

   Spencer Tracy

   John J. Macreedy

2. 

   Robert Ryan

   Reno Smith

3. 

   Walter Brennan

   Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

4. 

   Lee Marvin

   Hector David

5. 

   Dean Jagger

   Tim Horn

6. 

   Anne Francis

   Liz Wirth

7. 

   John Ericson

   Pete Wirth

8. 

   Ernest Borgnine

   Coley Trimble

9. 

   Russell Collins

   Mr. Hastings

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2017-02-10

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 Color at Lone Pine, Death Valley & Alabama Hills in California, with William C. Mellor on photography and André Previn scoring the music.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,271,000.00

Revenue
$3,788,000.00

Keywords

• film noir
• murder
• racism
• desert
• based on short story
• post world war ii
• southwestern u.s.
• one armed man
• japanese american
• 1940s