Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- film noir
- murder
- racism
- desert
- based on short story
- post world war ii
- southwestern u.s.
- one armed man
- japanese american
- 1940s
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Spencer Tracy
John J. Macreedy
Robert Ryan
Reno Smith
Walter Brennan
Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
Lee Marvin
Hector David
- Dean Jagger — Tim Horn
- Anne Francis — Liz Wirth
- John Ericson — Pete Wirth
- Ernest Borgnine — Coley Trimble
- Russell Collins — Mr. Hastings
- Walter Sande — Sam
- Billy Dix — Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
- K.L. Smith — Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
- Robert Griffin — Second Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Harry Harvey — First Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Bobby Johnson — One of Two Porters (uncredited)
- Directed
- John Sturges
- Written
- Howard Breslin, Millard Kaufman
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 422 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
