Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Directed by John Sturges · 81 min · Western, Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
72.2 TOPICAL score · #660 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, directed by John Sturges) has a TOPICAL score of 72.2 - ranked 660 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and cast, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 4 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (440 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 35 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.2/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (440 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 4 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 35 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read12,651 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Spencer Tracy (actor #85), Robert Ryan (actor #681), Walter Brennan (actor #351), Lee Marvin (actor #277)
“When Bad Day at Black Rock was released, the reviews were almost universally positive with, for example, John O'Hara in Collier's hailing it as "one of the finest motion pictures ever made".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
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