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Bad Day at Black Rock

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger View All

Crew

John Sturges (Director), Millard Kaufman (Screenplay), Howard Breslin (Story) View All

Release: Jan. 13th, 1955

Runtime: 1 hour, 21 minutes

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

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Takoma11
It all starts with an astonishing head-on shot of an oncoming train (the shot was apparently accomplished by having a helicopter hover in front of a train and then running the train backwards, then running that footage in reverse).

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Iroquois
In the aftermath of World War II, an old soldier travels to a small town looking for some but soon learns that everyone in town is hiding a dark secret.