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John J. Macreedy
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Brief Synopsis. A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family.
Academy Award nominations. Bad Day at Black Rock, American mystery film, released in 1955, that fused elements of the western with those of film noir. It was based on Howard Breslin’s short story “Bad Time at Honda” (1947). (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
Bad Day at Black Rock. Spencer Tracy received his fifth Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a one-armed stranger who arrives at a small Southwestern town shortly after WWII in pursuit of a Japanese farmer. 1,545 IMDb 7.7 1 h 21 min 1955. X-Ray ALL. Drama · Malicious · Mysterious · Tense. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy. HD $9.99.
When the streamliner stops at Black Rock for the first time in four years, mysterious one-armed stranger John J. Macreedy disembarks and asks how to reach Adobe Flat to meet the Japanese-American farmer Kamoko. He is not allowed to check into the hotel and he is unable to rent a car.
‘Bad Day at Black Rock’: John Sturges’ Audacious and Culturally Significant Masterfully Suspenseful Drama. By Sven Mikulec.
Aug 12, 1991 · By Danny Peary. Aug 12, 1991. I t is 1945. For the first time in four years, the Southern Pacific stops in Black Rock. A one-armed man named John J. MacReedy (Spencer Tracy) steps off the train.
