Bad Day at Black Rock (Bad Day at Hondo) (1955)
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BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
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"Look, you give me even one shot where those big beefy bois Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin shove their crotches at the screen in an epic standing man-spread I will enjoy your film "
"Bad Day at Black Rock marked MGMโs first release shot in Cinemascope, and John Sturges transforms the expansive emptiness of his frame into an omnipresent character. When Spencer Tracyโs John J. Macreedy arrives in Black Rock, his unexpected and enigmatic presence immediately sets the town on edge. Black Rock hasnโt had any visitors in four years, and this lack of tourism suits bigwig rancher Reno Smith (Robert Ryan) and his thug cohorts Coley (Ernest Borgnine) and Hector (Lee Marvin) just"
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"Although he is now best remembered for the epic adventures films he made in the 60s, chiefly 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'The Great Escape', John Sturges was an active director for half of Hollywood's Golden Age and there are gems to discover in his catalogue. Sturges' best known pre-60s film, 'Bad Day at Black Rock' is a taut, minimalist Western/Noir about a laconic, one-armed stranger who arrives in the small desert town of Black Rock searching for a man named Kokomo. The tight-lipped, hostile"