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Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery/Noir/ThrillerNotable as: Action/AdventureSub-Category: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological thriller, Film noir, Western, Suspense, Action/Adventure, DramaNarrative location: United States of AmericaRuntime: 81 - 82 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesDirector: John SturgesScreenwriter: Millard Kaufman, Don McGuireMusic: André PrevinCinematography: William C. MellorStars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Walter Sande, John Ericson, Russell Collins Producer: Dore ScharyAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor (Spencer Tracy)
Academy Award for Best Director (John Sturges)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Millard Kaufman)
Award details: (details at IMDb)
Description

Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 thriller film directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan that combines elements of Westerns and film noir. The supporting cast includes Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine. The picture tells the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a tiny isolated town in a desert of the southwest United States in search of a man. The film was adapted by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman from the short story "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin. The original story had appeared in The American Magazine in January 1947, with full-color illustrations by Robert Fawcett.


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