Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock1955

Director: John Sturges
Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Dean Jagger
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 82 minutes

Otto Preminger expanded his vision in the 1960s with a whole series of ambitious, expansive dramas with huge casts and big themes. Advise and Consent (1962), an examination of deal making, party politics, and congressional diplomacy in Washington's … more »



Pete:
My memories are so pleasant as it is...

Macreedy:
It's gonna take an awful lot of whiskey to wash out your guts. Go on, go on! Swill it! What is there left for you to do? You're as dead as Komoko and you don't know it....

Pete:
You don't have to remind me. I've never forgotten.

Macreedy:
Oh, isn't that noble of you. You haven't forgotten. And you're ashamed. That's really noble of you. I suppose four years from now, you'll be sittin' around here tellin' people you haven't forgotten me either. That's real progress. In the meantime, I'll be as dead as a - WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED? [To Doc] What happened?

Doc:
Why did you come here, Mr. Macreedy?

Macreedy:
Did Komoko have any other family besides his son Joe?

Doc:
Son? Nobody around here ever knew he had a son.

Macreedy:
Yes, he had a son. He's dead too. He's buried in Italy...Why, this Komoko boy died trying to save my life. They gave him a medal. I came here to give it to his old man. I figured the least I could do was give him one day out of my life.

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