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  Borgnine, Ernest
Francis, Anne
  Marvin, Lee
Ryan, Robert
  Tracy, Spencer


Bad Day at Black Rock occurs as 1955 film which tells the story of the unknown world health organization comes to the settlement to give the father of a Japanese-American soldier a medallion that his boy won. However he encounters a mystery that permeates the entire town. It stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.

A moving-picture show was adapted by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman from the story Bad Day at Hondo by Howard Breslin. It was directed by John Sturges.

This picture is particularly remembered for the powerhouse performance of Spencer Tracy as a alien world health organization comes to town & redefines a way the town was existence process.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Spencer Tracy), Best Director and Best Writing, Screenplay.

This is the foremost film freed around Cinemascope by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Allwatchers Review - Bad Day at Black Rock
Analytical review of the plot, setting, theme, and structure of the Spencer Tracy film, and links to similar movies.




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