Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
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» Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Directed by: John SturgesGenre: Drama,Thriller,WesternUser Rating: 7.9/10 (4,852 votes) Runtime: 81 minAwards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominationsCast (first 5): Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, , John Ericson
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0047849/
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One of the first Hollywood films to deal openly with white racism toward Japanese Americans during World War II, this drama directed by 1950s action maestro John Sturges (The Great Escape) stars Spencer Tracy as a one-armed stranger named MacReedy, who arrives in the tiny town of Black Rock on a hot day in 1945. Seeking a hotel room and the whereabouts of an ethnic Japanese farmer named Komoko, MacReedy runs smack into a wall of hostility that escalates into serious threats. In time it becomes apparent that Komoko has been murdered by a local, racist chieftain, Reno Smith (Robert Ryan), who also plans [...]