One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Bad Day at Black Rock is of 1 hour(s) and 21 minute(s). It is Produced By: Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was released on 1955-01-13. It has the tagline: Just the way it happened! It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
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