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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1955 · 81 mins · English
- Directed by
- John Sturges
- Starring
- Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, Harry Harvey
One‑armed war veteran John J. Macreedy arrives by train in the sleepy little town of Black Rock. As he settles in, he senses something wrong and gradually peels back a tangled web of deception, hidden secrets and a murder that the locals are desperate to keep buried.
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