Bad Day at Black Rock
“Just the way it happened!”
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.
Genres
Western, Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Language
en
Status
Released
How Bad Day at Black Rock performed
Budget
$1.3M
Worldwide Gross
$3.8M
Gross Profit
$2.5M
Return
3.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$663K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Western) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
John J. Macreedy
Spencer Tracy
John J. Macreedy
Reno Smith
Robert Ryan
Reno Smith
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Walter Brennan
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Hector David
Lee Marvin
Hector David
Tim Horn
Dean Jagger
Tim Horn
Liz Wirth
Anne Francis
Liz Wirth
Pete Wirth
John Ericson
Pete Wirth
Coley Trimble
Ernest Borgnine
Coley Trimble
Mr. Hastings
Russell Collins
Mr. Hastings
Sam
Walter Sande
Sam
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Billy Dix
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
K.L. Smith
Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
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