Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
"Just the way it happened!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 97%
(RT: 97%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John Ericson as Pete Wirth
Is Bad Day at Black Rock good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 438 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 97%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
