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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304111345
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304111347
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: August 06, 1996
Running Time: 81 minutes
Sales Rank: 19096
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: January 07, 1955
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
One of the first Hollywood films to deal openly with white racism toward Japanese Americans during World War II, this drama directed by 1950s action maestro John Sturges (The Great Escape) stars Spencer Tracy as a one-armed stranger named MacReedy, who arrives in the tiny town of Black Rock on a hot day in 1945. Seeking a hotel room and the whereabouts of an ethnic Japanese farmer named Komoko, MacReedy runs smack into a wall of hostility that escalates into serious threats. In time it becomes apparent that Komoko has been murdered by a local, racist chieftain, Reno Smith (Robert Ryan), who also plans on dispensing with MacReedy. Tracy's hero is forced to fight his way past Smith's goons (among them Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin) and sundry allies (Anne Francis) to keep alive, setting the stage for memorable suspense crisply orchestrated by Sturges. Casting is the film's principal strength, however: Tracy, the indispensable icon of integrity, and Ryan, the indispensable noir image of spiritual blight, are as creatively unlikely a pairing as Sturges's shotgun marriage of Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - I'm lookin for man named Komoko
The film starts with a hauting music and ends with a man stepping off a train in a small town.His mission to hand a over a war medal to a father who is japanese for the gallantly death of his son in the war.This classic film which turns into a first grade thriller is awesome.This word should be used for the perfect cinemascope transfer on this disc.It comes with a very informative audio commentary and a trailer.For my opinion this film delivers Spencer Tracy's best performance and Robert Ryan brings ... Read More
Rating: - Tense and Intelligent...
Exactly the way a film of this kind should be, simple but tense, easy to understand but still profound and unforgettable. Spencer Tracy effortlessly plays the "one-armed-man" John J. Macreedy who causes a lot of tension when he steps off a train into a small town that is troubled by a recent tragedy. Their tension turns to hatred and violence as they learn that Macreedy is investigating the town's darkest secret.
This movie is more tense than suspenseful. You can feel the hatred and guilt ... Read More
Rating: - Bad Day at Black Rock
This is an absolutely first class production in every way. It has a cast which includes Spencer Tracy,Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine, and Lee Marvin.
The story takes place in the early post WW2 American southwest in a whistlestop settlement served by the Southern Pacific.
Mr. McCready played by Tracy, steps off the train in a quest to find a Japanese -American named Kumoko.
No one wants to speak of Kumoko and the mystery and suspense gradually ... Read More
Rating:  - A Parable About Collective Guilt
A train runs through a western desert in California. It stops at a tiny town, so small it must be a studio set. One man gets off, he wants to go to Adobe Flat. Loungers stand up to watch this stranger. It is 1945 and the hotel clerk follows the OPA rules. John J. McReedy, who has a lame left arm, came from Los Angeles. The people in town resent this stranger, it seems like they something to hide. There is a lot of talk about what happened 4 years ago. McReedy finds the remains of a burnt house and a well ... Read More
Rating:  - Bad Day at Black Rock Movie Review
Directed by the late great John Sturges, Bad Day at Black Rock is a tense action, drama and Western blend. Beautiful cinematography showcases the sweeping desert vistas in California and veteran actor Spencer Tracy demonstrates his top-notch acting talents. A multifaceted tale of revenge, redemption and stirring courage, Bad Day at Black Rock was a good day for cinema.
John Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) arrives by train to the small town of Black Rock, and is immediately met with antipathy. Mysterious, ... Read More
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