For the Supernatural episode, see Bad Day at Black Rock (Supernatural).
Bad Day at Black Rock
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
John Sturges
Screenplay by
Millard Kaufman Don McGuire (adaptation)
Based on
"Bad Time at Honda" 1947 short story in The American Magazine by Howard Breslin
Produced by
Dore Schary
Starring
Spencer Tracy Robert Ryan Anne Francis Dean Jagger Walter Brennan John Ericson Ernest Borgnine Lee Marvin
Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Edited by
Newell P. Kimlin
Music by
André Previn
Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
January 7, 1955 (1955-01-07) (United States)
Running time
81 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1,288,000[1][2]
Box office
$3,788,000[1]
Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 American neo-Western film directed by John Sturges with screenplay by Millard Kaufman. It stars Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan with support from Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin. The film is a crime drama set in 1945 that contains elements of the revisionist Western genre. In the plot, a one-armed stranger (Tracy) comes to a small desert town and uncovers an evil secret that has corrupted the entire community.
The film was based on a short story called "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin, published by The American Magazine in January 1947. Filming began in July 1954 and the movie went on national release in January 1955. It was a box office success and was nominated for three Academy Awards in 1956. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3][4]
^ abThe Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p. 97
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^"National Film Registry Turns 30". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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