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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

★ 7.3 · 428 ratings on TMDB

Just the way it happened!

Bad Day at Black Rock poster★ 7.3

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.

DirectorJohn Sturges
CastAnne Francis, Dean Jagger, Ernest Borgnine, John Ericson, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Bad Day at Black Rock keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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