Ernest Borgnine	Coley Trimble
Walter Brennan	Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Russell Collins	Mr. Hastings, Telegrapher
John Ericson	Pete Wirth
Anne Francis	Liz Wirth
Dean Jagger	Sheriff Tim Horn
Lee Marvin	Hector David
Robert Ryan	Reno Smith
Walter Sande	Sam, Cafe Proprietor
Spencer Tracy	John J. Macreedy

Director	John Sturges
Producer	Dore Schary Herman Hoffman
Writer	Don McGuire Howard Breslin

Though “Bad Day at Black Rock” sounds like a Western, and is set in the desert badlands, this tale speaks of prejudice and mysterious evil in the days after World War II. An elderly man with one arm named Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) steps off the train in the American West, looking for a Japanese farmer who lived in the area. Given an unkind and unwelcome reception by town bullies (Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin), he finds the gentry (Robert Ryan) and sheriff (Dean Jagger) equally unfriendly. By talking to some reluctant residents, Macreedy pieces together some vigilante hatred that caused townsfolk to have overstepped their bounds. Though Macreedy wants to give the farmer the medal his son earned, he must face sheer racial hatred for Japanese and those who are friends of Japanese. In a shocking climax for the era, the old man proves to be a martial arts expert whose display of physical power with one arm shocks all.

Edition Details Audience Rating NR (Not Rated) Country USA Language English Barcode 012569690226 Region Region 1 Release Date 5/10/2005 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) Widescreen (1.78:1) Subtitles English; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned) Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Dolby Digital Mono [French] Dolby Digital Surround [English] Layers Single Side, Single Layer No. of Disks/Tapes 1 Features Commentary by Film Historian Dana Polan Theatrical Trailer

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