Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
DVD Release Date: May 10, 2005
Get It:
Stats: 233 reviews
Your Rating
Flixster Reviews (233)
-
August 30, 2009Great vehicle for Spencer Tracy that plays on post WWII anti-Japanese sentiment. Terrific cast includes Tracy, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.
-
December 6, 2008Modern western about a one-armed stranger who comes to the tiny town of Black Rock in 1945 in search of a man. Immediately he is harassed by the townsfolk. But why are they so hostile? What dark secret lies at the heart of this seemingly nondescript town? The unsurprising ans...( read more)
-
September 1, 2008The story seems a little bit improbable, but what a great cast. Walter Brennan, for sure, has all the best lines. Definitely not one of Tracy's bigger challenges. Indeed this is one he could have pulled off with one arm tied behind his back.
-
-
February 19, 2008Bad Day at Black Rock starts off pretty slow and Spencer Tracy apparently playing what seems to be his typical regular schmoe/great guy roles he was famous for around this point in his career--minus his left arm of course. But once the movie unfolds (getting past Robert Ryan play...( read more)
-
November 14, 2009This is a great mystery thriller with a great cast and a serious message. If there is a movie hero that I admire more than Bogart in Casablanca and Costner in The Postman, it is Spencer Tracy in this film. Above any other, he is my idea of a true hero. And this is a great classic...( read more)
-
-
September 18, 2009Indeed, Spencer Tracey finest performance. The plot is absolutely awesome.
82/100 -
-
August 17, 2009Aug 09 - The lonely Spencer Tracy with a strong moral stand and his hidden left hand which we never really know what happened to it. The loneliness of the hero in the middle is good, the end when the good prevails is bad.
Critic Reviews
May 19, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Comments
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Bad Day at Black Rock" !
Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
All Rotten Tomatoes content is used under license from Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes, Certified Fresh, and the Tomatometer are the trademarks of Incfusion Corporation, d/b/a Rotten Tomatoes, a subsidiary of IGN Entertainment, Inc.
