Bad Day at Black Rock

The opening sceen in Bad Day At Black Rock is unique. The camera is mounted we think on the front of a fast moving train across a vast open plain. Another train is ste... more >

The opening sceen in Bad Day At Black Rock is unique. The camera is mounted we think on the front of a fast moving train across a vast open plain. Another train is steaming towards us and a collision is impossible to avoid. But at the very last moment our "train" rises in the air and swoops over the top of the uncomomg express. Its only then we realize the camera was mounted on, we assume, a helicopter. It was frightening and exciting and something really different for the time of its release in 1954. This is a film of the silence of the American outback, the great expance and the lonely, insecure yet violent men who learn from what they see in front of them. Ever character slots into his choosen role as though born to it. It's a simple tale of an early America where right wins and the wrong-doers learn from their mistakes. As a kid I couldnt wait to leave home to visit strange lands. This film created a huge lust for travel in my youthfull soul. I joined the British Merchant Navy after this and got to America, Australia, the Far East, and many other even more exotic places. Eventually I began writing and for many years have freelanced. Sadly a Senior Moment has wiped out virtually all I remember of a film that is a classic. < less

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Cast

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan

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