W2TCH

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

1955 • 1h 21m • Western, Thriller • NR
IMDb7.6/1027,111TMDB73%398Rotten Tomatoes97%Metacritic—
On October 1, 2026
#16120
16120th by Pulse movie online
2.8PULSEPulse MeterOur daily Pulse Meter measures public activity and popularity signals across the web.How it works →

Reviews — Bad Day at Black Rock

Audience write-ups from TMDB

John Chard

8/10
Feb 10, 2017

A disturbing topic handled with exceptional skill. Dore Schary produced Bad Day at Black Rock for MGM; John Sturges directed, and the cast includes Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, and Lee Marvin. The screenplay by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman is based on Howard Breslin’s story "Bad Day at Hondo." Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color on loc…