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Bad Day at Black Rock

	Bad Day at Black Rock
	by MGM (Warner) Sales Rank: 11648 Price: $19.98

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 (<I>The Great Escape</I>) 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 on dispensing with MacReedy. Tracy's hero is forced to fight his way past Smith's goons (among them Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin) and sundry allies (Anne Francis) to keep alive, setting the stage for memorable suspense crisply orchestrated by Sturges. Casting is the film's principal strength, however: Tracy, the indispensable icon of integrity, and Ryan, the indispensable noir image of spiritual blight, are as creatively unlikely a pairing as Sturges's shotgun marriage of Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen in <I>The Magnificent Seven</I>. <I>--Tom Keogh</I> *Viewer Reviews* The film starts with a hauting music and ends with a man stepping off a train in a small town.His mission to hand a over a war medal to a father who is japanese for the gallantly death of his son in the war.This classic film which turns into a first grade thriller is awesome.This word should be used for the perfect cinemascope transfer on this disc.It comes with a very informative audio commentary and a trailer.For my opinion this film delivers Spencer Tracy's best performance and Robert Ryan brings the unforgettable villain.A Must See. Back To Top
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