Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon DVD & Blu-ray Releases Release Calendar Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Bad Day at Black Rock is the 3rd episode of Season 3. Bad Day at Black Rock, American mystery film, released in 1955, that fused elements of the western with those of film noir. Don't mess with the Spencer. The image transfer, however, is whole different matter. A one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary. A classic 1955 thriller (with some Film Noir elements) directed by John Sturges and starring … His works include the Academy Award-nominated Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). It's a scene you can watch again and … BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK Written by Don McGuire and Millard Kaufman Based on the story "Bad Day At Hondo" by Howard Breslin SHOOTING DRAFT FADE IN BEFORE MAIN TITLE BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK ESTABLISHING SHOT - BLACK ROCK - PART OF TOWN: FOCAL POINT: RAILROAD STATION abandoned, in an extreme state of dilapidation. He’s welcome to leave. A description of tropes appearing in Bad Day at Black Rock. It was based on Howard Breslin’s short story “Bad Time at Honda” (1947). It was based on Howard Breslin’s short story “Bad Time at Honda” (1947). Bad Day at Black Rock legendas. BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK begins as one-armed John MacReedy (Spencer Tracy) gets off a train in a tiny, dusty little Western town rarely visited by strangers. ‘Black Rock’ has nothing to do with it – the script was called Bad Day At Hondo until John Wayne turned up in 1953 with a movie called Hondo. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) is both a tightly-written, suspenseful, dramatic action film (with film noirish qualities) and a western. Menu. Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by John Sturges and starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan, that combines elements of the western genre with those of film noir. The supporting cast includes Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine. Bad Day at Black Rock, American mystery film, released in 1955, that fused elements of the western with those of film noir. 16': One of the more memorable mid 50's Cinemascope efforts, Bad Day at Black Rock comes to 1080P significantly advancing over the old SD version (part of the Controversial Classics Boxset reviewed HERE.) Movies. Bad Day in Blackrock is a 2008 novel by Kevin Power.The plot was loosely based on the real-life death of Brian Murphy that occurred in Dublin in 2000 as a result of a violent assault outside a nightclub. ADDITION: Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray October. Writer Millard Kaufman stopped for gas in the tiny town of 'Black Rock', Arizona, and a new title was born. Sam and Dean answer a call on their dad's old cell phone, alerting them someone has broken into John's secret storage room in New York. One hot summer day in 1945, when the Streamliner train stops at the remote desert town of Black Rock, Arizona, for the first time in four years, the townspeople greet the visiting stranger, a one-armed man named John J. Macreedy, with suspicion and hostility.