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 »



Reno Smith:
I swear, you're beginning to make me mad.

John J. Macreedy:
All strangers do, hmm?

Reno Smith:
No, they don't. Not all of them. Some do, when they come around snooping...

John J. Macreedy:
Snooping for what?

Reno Smith:
I don't know, outsiders coming in, looking for something...

John J. Macreedy:
Looking for what?

Reno Smith:
I don't know! Somebody's always looking for something in this part of the West. To the historian it's the Old West, to the book writer it's the Wild West, to the businessman it's the Undeveloped West -- they say we're all poor and backward, and I guess we are, we don't even have enough water. But to us, this place is *our* West, and I wish they'd leave us alone!

John J. Macreedy:
Leave you alone to do what?

Reno Smith:
I don't know what you mean.

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