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Spencer Tracy (Actor), Robert Ryan (Actor), John Sturges (Director) Rated:

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Format	Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Dore Schary, Ernest Borgnine, Howard Briskin, John Ericson, John Sturges, Lee Marvin, Millard Kaufman, Robert Ryan, Russell Collins, Spencer Tracy, Walter Brennan, Walter Sande See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 22 minutes

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Bad Day at Black Rock (DVD)

Folks in Black Rock have their own way of welcoming mysterious, one-armed stranger John J. Macreedy. He’s welcome to leave. Or they’ll make sure he leaves in a pine box. Two-time Academy Award® winner* Spencer Tracy (a 1955 Best Actor Oscar® nominee for this film) plays World War II veteran Macreedy, who keeps his own counsel about why he’s come to Black Rock and who keeps his wits about him when confronted with threats and violence. Director John Sturges (The Great Escape) ramps up the tension while revealing Macreedy’s mission and the town’s grim secret. Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin are among the town’s thugs and lap dogs. “I’m half horse, half alligator,” one says. They’ll find Macreedy is even tougher stuff.

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 0.01 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ John Sturges
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 22 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2005
Actors ‏ : ‎ Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, Walter Brennan
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
Producers ‏ : ‎ Dore Schary
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ WarnerBrothers
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0007TKNH4
Writers ‏ : ‎ Millard Kaufman
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Customers consider this movie a classic with top-notch acting, particularly praising Spencer Tracy's performance and the tight plot. The film receives positive feedback for its suspenseful nature, with one customer describing it as a riveting classic film noir tale of murder and deception. The cinematography is beautifully shot, and customers appreciate the excellent production values. The pacing receives mixed reviews, with several customers noting it moves slowly in some places.

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180 customers mention "Movie quality"175 positive5 negative

Customers praise this movie, describing it as a classic that's well worth watching, with one customer noting it's a great film made in the old style.

"...Give me a break. Some DVD players can turn them off. Some can’t. Great movie though." Read more

"...a great movie ..... a must see ...... 20 years ahead of it's time ...... Tracy, a true liberal in real life and on the screen ..... *****" Read more

"Great Movie, well packaged and first rate quality DVD." Read more

"Good movie. Good guy against a small isolated town with a secret." Read more

81 customers mention "Cast"78 positive3 negative

Customers praise the cast of this film, particularly Spencer Tracy's performance, and note the perfect selection of actors for the movie.

"Great cast, good story, great photography and well worth the money. It recalled those days when a movie was entertaining...." Read more

"...Similar to “Reservoir Dogs” in this sense. The excellent script & acting, make you forget that you’ve spent the entire time in only a handful of sets..." Read more

"...If you're looking for a movie to watch that has great actors (Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Walter Brennan to name a few) a great plot and suspense,..." Read more

"A modern day western or a mystery drama, you decide. Some great acting and Tracy rocks as a one arm unstoppable force to be dealt with." Read more

46 customers mention "Suspenseful movie"42 positive4 negative

Customers find this movie suspenseful and entertaining throughout, particularly praising Spencer Tracy's performance.

"Simplicity and suspense, depending on direction and acting to create an exceptional film that rubbishes the current obsession with computer gimmicks." Read more

""Bad Day at Black Rock" is an interesting movie. It's short -- only 81 minutes, I think. It was shot in CinemaScope...." Read more

"An entertaining film. Spencer Tracy play a gook part." Read more

"...I can watch it over and over!!" Read more

43 customers mention "Story quality"42 positive1 negative

Customers praise the movie's tight plot, with one customer noting that the story remains compelling even 60 years after its release.

"...from moving forward with any unnecessary backstory stuff, just a well told story...." Read more

"Great cast, good story, great photography and well worth the money. It recalled those days when a movie was entertaining...." Read more

"Good story, great dialogue between great past icons of the silver screen. Good location shots and filmed In Technicolor...." Read more

"I really like this movie. It’s a great story and cast. That’s why I ordered it. However, this is a poorly digitized version...." Read more

25 customers mention "Drama"20 positive5 negative

Customers appreciate the drama in this film, with one customer describing it as a riveting classic film noir tale of murder and deception, while another notes how it brings out the good and bad in people.

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"I love the oldies and this is a taut, tense drama with an excellent cast who are all outstanding...." Read more

"...An excellent dramatization." Read more

"...This movie is haunting and scary and sad. Set in the dryist, lonelyist, and most un- inhabitable part of the desert, WWII in the 1950s...." Read more

20 customers mention "Quality"16 positive4 negative

Customers praise the movie's production values, with one noting it surpasses streaming quality.

"Excellent quality production of a fine Tracy classic. Excellent casting, directing, acting, and photography...." Read more

"really well made film. Very clean and streamlined in it's storytelling mechanism...." Read more

"Enjoyed the movie. Quality of the recording was good." Read more

"...be excited about from a movie that is shallow, predictable, and not very well done." Read more

19 customers mention "Cinematography"19 positive0 negative

Customers praise the cinematography of the movie, noting its beautiful and well-directed scenes, with one customer specifically mentioning it was filmed in Technicolor.

"Great cast, good story, great photography and well worth the money. It recalled those days when a movie was entertaining...." Read more

"...The action develops well and there is some beautiful cinematography...." Read more

"Spencer Tracy is at his best. Beautifully filmed and staged...." Read more

"...Superb acting, set decoration, cinematography [CinemaScope at its most effective], and Andre Previn's taught music score, recorded in 3-track stereo...." Read more

40 customers mention "Pacing"20 positive20 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the movie, with several noting that it moves slowly in some places, while one customer describes it as gaining momentum with every scene.

"A perfectly paced and riveting classic film noir tale of murder and deception. Spencer Tracy delivers a powerful, yet understated performance...." Read more

"Kind of a slow movie but good instruction on how to keep your cool and not escalate a bad situation." Read more

"...Fine story and supporting actors, fast paced (not overly) character development, excellent cinema photography. Worth watching more than once." Read more

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Anyone who likes Spencer Tracy it's a must see
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A great movie and for anyone who likes Spencer Tracy it's a must see

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Lee Marvin at his best
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Bad Resolution At Black Rock
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This is unambiguously among my top five favorite movies of all time. Tracy, Brennan, Jagger and Francis are all wonderful (I actually think that this is Tracy's best performance, and that's saying something), and Borgnine and Marvin are wonderfully loathsome -- delivering performances that cause me to loathe their thuggish characters to this day. Of course, the real villain of the piece is the small-town godfather, Reno (exquisitely well-played, with palpable-but-nuanced malignancy, by Robert Ryan) -- who I'm convinced that, were he alive in today's world (Reno, not Ryan), would be flourishing extravagantly as a hedge-fund manager. The argument is not untenable that this simple drama of good, evil, and the complicity of the well-intentioned but weak-willed (who can still sometimes be stirred to morality, when pushed to the wall -- or against the Street of the Wall) is as apt a metaphor for today's society as it was for the era of McCarthyism.

So why haven't I accorded it five stars (whereas I think the movie, itself, may deserve six)? In a word, "resolution." Not the resolution of the characters (which is, in the case of Tracy's John Macreedy, irrefragable) -- but the resolution of the print, as available on my kindle, whether streamed or downloaded on the "highest-quality" setting. 83 minutes that can't be made to occupy more than 330MB. It may the best available compatible for playing on the HD 10, but it's just blurry, and I don't recall its having been that way when I purchased it initially -- though, to be fair, it may have played better on a smaller screen. But as it plays currently, and on this device, it's just... extremely disappointing.

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Another classic from Robert Ryan!
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This is, undoubtedly, one of the fastest movies, at 81 minutes, that you will watch. The drama and action are quick paced, with a one-armed John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) squaring off against murderer Reno Smith (Robert Ryan) and his two henchmen Hector (Lee Marvin) and Coley (Ernest Borgnine) in the wide spot in the road known as Black Rock. Macreedy has plenty of, in the words of Hector, "iron in his blood", as he searches for Japanese farmer Komoko, who is the father of the soldier who died trying to save Macreedy's life in Italy during World War II, at his home at Adobe Flat, only to learn that he is dead as well. You know after Macreedy has run-ins with Hector and Pete (John Ericson) the hotel clerk, as well as several lengthy discussions with Smith, that he smells a rat. To cover up the murder of Komoko, Smith resorts to raw intimidation. The scene at the railroad crossing is one of the best parts of the movie, as the conspirators lay down their plans for Macreedy. Robert Ryan delivers some of the fastest and most sarcastic lines you will ever hear, as he gives his thugs their marching orders. Also, his reading of the riot act to Tim Horn the Sheriff (Dean Jagger) is searing.He is never at a loss of stinging comments in this movie. After Coley tries to run Macreedy off the road in the desert, the next step is physical violence. Coley attempts to pick a fight with Macreedy in the town diner, only to receive a one minute clinic in martial arts from the one-armed Macreedy. The final showdown at night in the desert is a dramatic scene, with the resourceful Macreedy more than a match for the rifle-firing Smith. Some of the most beautiful scenery of the California desert and mountains is on display throughout the entire movie, and the menacing Southern Pacific streamlined passenger train that delivers Macreedy to Black Rock seems as if it is ready to come through your television. Just an excellent movie with a lot of excellent performances, particularly from Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, and Ernest Borgnine.

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Classic western that stars Spencer Tracy. I predict you will love this film and probably watch it more than once.

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50s classic desert film noir
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Spencer Tracy never made a bad film! This movie is haunting and scary and sad. Set in the dryist, lonelyist, and most un- inhabitable part of the desert, WWII in the 1950s. Placed there Except for rednecks! Inside of the only building left; dirty and dusty and without human warmth, even given the 10 humans who reside; it seems their only choice . The Once-a-week train arrives and departs from Hell, the WW2 Jeep in between provides transportation. Communication is sparse and important amongst folks gathered in that Brown ugly room. Stacy's character is commissioned if only to this God forsaken place to deliver a medal of honor to a Japanese American hero. One man buried under a hump of sand not so long ago, in this one place, alone. No one gave a damn. The quiet debate between those folks gathered at the lonely clanky tables even without whiskey, never fine-tunes eloquence or conversation to make right the mission of Spencer. His humanity, and intelligence is, achieved by this man with no gun, one arm and true grit. I get this movie!

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A great old movie from the 1950s
Reviewed in Canada on September 16, 2024
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A great cast and a great move from the 1950s.

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A unique masterpiece, in my opinion John Sturges' best film
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Bad Day At Blackrock - the film merges film noir with the western. It has a cast dominated by award-winning actors including Spencer Tracy as one-armed veteran with judo skills. Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin play local yahoos who try and needle a new arrival. The quality of the cast, the setting in the California high desert, a ramshackle western town and the Southern Pacific streamliner train - create an amazing film. Just ten years after the end of the second world war, Bad Day at Blackrock deals with racism against Asians. In my mind, it is John Sturges best film, but always overshadowed by his later works Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape.

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High Noon - with a difference
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Ein ganz herausragender Film! Erstklassiges Drehbuch, eine sehr konsequente Regie, schauspielerisch sehr scharf konturiert, und selbst der offensichtlich zu alte Hauptdarsteller läuft nach kurzer Zeit zu großer Form auf - was will man mehr!
Fast dem gesamten Film ist ein unterschwelliger Grundton von bösartiger Aggressivität eigen, der in der berühmtesten Szene des Films (Tracy bestellt im Diner einen Kaffee und etwas zu essen) in durchschlagende Action mündet.
Überhaupt: k e i n happy-end, k e i n love-interest, keine ROTE GEFAHR und keine Gnade - für Niemanden!
Zur blu-ray ist zu kritisieren, daß hier wohl nicht übermäßig restauriert worden ist: das Bild(CinemaScope aus der Anfangszeit bedeutet schwarze „Balken“ oben und unten) und die Farbe gehen in Ordnung, der Ton(nur engl. OF mit wahlweise engl. UT) ist in Mono und geht vollkommen in Ordnung,erscheint mir aber sehr unsauber und wäre durchaus einer Restaurierung würdig.
Extras gibts keine, die Laufzeit des Films ist mit knapp unter 90 Min. recht kurz, aber dadurch genau „auf den Punkt“ gebracht und entsprechend der Gesamtqualität des Films nicht zu beanstanden.
Der Film ist sehr zu empfehlen.

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邦題「日本人の勲章」米import盤。リージョン1ではなく2対応NTSC. 英語字幕あり。駅に降り立つ隻腕の招かれざる客。西部を舞台にしたジョン・スタージェス監督の異色ノワール
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結合されていますがASIN: B0007TKNH4、EAN： 0012569690226WBのレビューです。import米盤。本頁および商品にリージョン1と書かれていますが、実物はリージョン2対応NTSC. 日本製プレイヤーで再生確認済み。英語字幕あり、日本語字幕なし。劇場アスペクト比と同じ2.55：1（16：9LB）。美麗な画質。

遠くに山脈が見える大平原にぽつんと建つ町（といっても10棟ほどしか建物はない）ブラックロック。そこへ4年ぶりに列車が停まった。降り立つスーツの男は隻腕だ。このマクリーディ（スペンサー・トレイシー）の出現になぜか町の男たちは静かな恐慌と不和に陥る。

共演陣が凄い。日本人への憎悪と偏見の塊りで狡猾・陰湿な影のボス、ロバート・ライアン。脇にウォルター・ブレナン、ディーン・ジャガー、リー・マーヴィン、アーネスト・ボーグナイン。監督のジョン・スタージェス（「大脱走」「荒野の七人」「ガンヒルの決闘」「鷲は舞い降りた」等）の丁寧で抑えた演出が不穏でピリピリと帯電した人々の間の緊張感を描いて唸る。いつも遙か巨大な山々がシネスコの構図の背景に捉えられ、人々の共有する秘密の闇と驚くほど対照的。よそ者嫌いで偏狭で臆病な人間たちと、いつでも我が家の居間にいるようなマクリーディの対比も同様。

舞台は太平洋戦争後だが、映画の空気（や音楽、カメラ）は西部劇のそれだ。しなびた町へやってきた物静かな男がシン・シティにちょっとした波紋を呼ぶのだ。この点でハードボイルド、あるいはディテクティヴ映画（探偵モノ）に近い。ほとんどが大地に照りつける太陽と砂埃の中で行われるのでノワールとは呼べないが、骨子はノワール（あるいはハードボイルド）と言ってもよい。スペンサーの佇まいや行動や、いまわしき過去の醜き罪の存在はこういったジャンル映画のそれに近い。町人がこの主人公のことをL.A.に訊ねても、何の記録も記憶もないと言われる。町人にとってマクリーディは、まるで面倒を運ぶあの世からの使者的存在である。

さて邦題の「日本人の勲章」とは何か。以下、★までこれに触れています。
日本人の息子（日系二世）が欧州戦線で同期のマクリーディの命を戦場で救い代わりに戦死した。その父にマクリーディは息子への勲章を届けに来たのだ。いわばこの日本人親子の存在が映画のマクガフィンといってもよい。最後まで登場しないがこの者の存在は映画のセンターに、皆の行動原理として位置している。★

いわゆるプア・ホワイトとして描かれている閉鎖的な町の人間、アメリカからすら見放されたと思う町人と、荒野のストレンジャー、「招かれざる客」であるトレーシーの静かな衝突が見物。本作はあの戦争中の日系人への偏見に触れているが、中心はこのことではなく社会派映画ではない。しかしこのシンプルな80分余りの中に確かに埋め込まれた小さな石ではある。本作のロケ地は、太平洋戦争時に1万人のJapanese-Americanが抑留された
Manzanarキャンプから7マイルだったらしい（from-TCM film article by Rob Nixon）。ライアンが発する言葉は聞くに堪えないが、根本にはコンプレックスや恐れが隠されている。

そのためか否かわからないが、劇場公開後、邦盤ディスク化されなかった（近時某チェーンの高額オンデマンドDVD-Rとして発売済）。本盤は記したように美麗でシネスコで英語字幕があるプレス盤。だいたいの設定が頭にあれば特に大きな問題もなく鑑賞できる。またヒアリングができなくても、
英語アレルギーない方は辞書を引き引き観てもいい（私がそう）。ただセリフが早口で英語字幕量がやや多い。日本の名だたる批評家や作家さんらにも当時からの大ファンが多いらしい。大らかなLookとだいぶ異なる本作がこの時期の米でどう受け取られたか気になる。ただ本作でスタージェスは監督賞にノミニーされているし、トレイシーは主演男優賞ノミニーだ。撮影は「ジャイアンツ」「アンネの日記」等のウィリアム・C・メラー。音楽はアンドレ・プレヴィン。

列車の空撮によるOpクレジット部分は類をみないほどの疾走感に溢れ素晴らしい。シネスコのパノラマ感は全編にわたり感じられるが、スタージェスによれば4：3上映版も念頭に同時撮影されたが世に出ることはなかった。本作はMGMでは初のスコープ作品となった。ソリッドで、パケ裏で「職人による映画の素晴らしき一例」とされているように50年代米映画ファン、出演俳優のファンの方に大いにお薦めです（マーヴィン、ボーグナインはいいとこなしですが）。星4つ半。

Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955, US, MGM / MGM
Theatrical aspect ratio 2.55：1 , 81min, Color, Mono, 35mm
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画質はDVDとしては上。ゴミ、ちらつきがごくまれにみられる程度。ガタツキはなし。発色は自然でシック。退色・滲み・つぶれはなく明度あり。この時代の作品では文句なし。

リージョン：本商品頁および現物パケでリージョン1と明記されているが、実物はリージョン・オール（おそらく1,2,3,4）NTSC
映像仕様は16:9LB（Widescreen,スコープサイズ）、画面アスペクト比：2.55: 1
片面？層、81min、Color

音声：英語Dolby サラウンド・ステレオ、仏語Mono
字幕：英語、仏語、スペイン語。On / Off選択可能。日本語字幕はなし。
メインメニューあり、チャプターメニューあり、ピクチャーディスク。

映像特典：米劇場予告編（2.35:1で発色はいいが本編より傷多し、英語字幕なし）
音声特典：映画史家Dana Polanのコメンタリ（英語字幕なし）
付属物：―
パケ・デザインはもうちょっとなんとかならなかったのか。
発売： Turner Entertainment / 販売：WB, 2005

関連キーワード：太平洋戦争後、ネヴァダ、日系二世、鉄道、隻腕、勲章、真珠湾攻撃

実際の映像は下の画像よりきれいです。

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邦題「日本人の勲章」米import盤。リージョン1ではなく2対応NTSC. 英語字幕あり。駅に降り立つ隻腕の招かれざる客。西部を舞台にしたジョン・スタージェス監督の異色ノワール

Reviewed in Japan on January 28, 2016
結合されていますがASIN: B0007TKNH4、EAN： 0012569690226WBのレビューです。import米盤。本頁および商品にリージョン1と書かれていますが、実物はリージョン2対応NTSC. 日本製プレイヤーで再生確認済み。英語字幕あり、日本語字幕なし。劇場アスペクト比と同じ2.55：1（16：9LB）。美麗な画質。

遠くに山脈が見える大平原にぽつんと建つ町（といっても10棟ほどしか建物はない）ブラックロック。そこへ4年ぶりに列車が停まった。降り立つスーツの男は隻腕だ。このマクリーディ（スペンサー・トレイシー）の出現になぜか町の男たちは静かな恐慌と不和に陥る。

共演陣が凄い。日本人への憎悪と偏見の塊りで狡猾・陰湿な影のボス、ロバート・ライアン。脇にウォルター・ブレナン、ディーン・ジャガー、リー・マーヴィン、アーネスト・ボーグナイン。監督のジョン・スタージェス（「大脱走」「荒野の七人」「ガンヒルの決闘」「鷲は舞い降りた」等）の丁寧で抑えた演出が不穏でピリピリと帯電した人々の間の緊張感を描いて唸る。いつも遙か巨大な山々がシネスコの構図の背景に捉えられ、人々の共有する秘密の闇と驚くほど対照的。よそ者嫌いで偏狭で臆病な人間たちと、いつでも我が家の居間にいるようなマクリーディの対比も同様。

舞台は太平洋戦争後だが、映画の空気（や音楽、カメラ）は西部劇のそれだ。しなびた町へやってきた物静かな男がシン・シティにちょっとした波紋を呼ぶのだ。この点でハードボイルド、あるいはディテクティヴ映画（探偵モノ）に近い。ほとんどが大地に照りつける太陽と砂埃の中で行われるのでノワールとは呼べないが、骨子はノワール（あるいはハードボイルド）と言ってもよい。スペンサーの佇まいや行動や、いまわしき過去の醜き罪の存在はこういったジャンル映画のそれに近い。町人がこの主人公のことをL.A.に訊ねても、何の記録も記憶もないと言われる。町人にとってマクリーディは、まるで面倒を運ぶあの世からの使者的存在である。

さて邦題の「日本人の勲章」とは何か。以下、★までこれに触れています。
日本人の息子（日系二世）が欧州戦線で同期のマクリーディの命を戦場で救い代わりに戦死した。その父にマクリーディは息子への勲章を届けに来たのだ。いわばこの日本人親子の存在が映画のマクガフィンといってもよい。最後まで登場しないがこの者の存在は映画のセンターに、皆の行動原理として位置している。★

いわゆるプア・ホワイトとして描かれている閉鎖的な町の人間、アメリカからすら見放されたと思う町人と、荒野のストレンジャー、「招かれざる客」であるトレーシーの静かな衝突が見物。本作はあの戦争中の日系人への偏見に触れているが、中心はこのことではなく社会派映画ではない。しかしこのシンプルな80分余りの中に確かに埋め込まれた小さな石ではある。本作のロケ地は、太平洋戦争時に1万人のJapanese-Americanが抑留された
Manzanarキャンプから7マイルだったらしい（from-TCM film article by Rob Nixon）。ライアンが発する言葉は聞くに堪えないが、根本にはコンプレックスや恐れが隠されている。

そのためか否かわからないが、劇場公開後、邦盤ディスク化されなかった（近時某チェーンの高額オンデマンドDVD-Rとして発売済）。本盤は記したように美麗でシネスコで英語字幕があるプレス盤。だいたいの設定が頭にあれば特に大きな問題もなく鑑賞できる。またヒアリングができなくても、
英語アレルギーない方は辞書を引き引き観てもいい（私がそう）。ただセリフが早口で英語字幕量がやや多い。日本の名だたる批評家や作家さんらにも当時からの大ファンが多いらしい。大らかなLookとだいぶ異なる本作がこの時期の米でどう受け取られたか気になる。ただ本作でスタージェスは監督賞にノミニーされているし、トレイシーは主演男優賞ノミニーだ。撮影は「ジャイアンツ」「アンネの日記」等のウィリアム・C・メラー。音楽はアンドレ・プレヴィン。

列車の空撮によるOpクレジット部分は類をみないほどの疾走感に溢れ素晴らしい。シネスコのパノラマ感は全編にわたり感じられるが、スタージェスによれば4：3上映版も念頭に同時撮影されたが世に出ることはなかった。本作はMGMでは初のスコープ作品となった。ソリッドで、パケ裏で「職人による映画の素晴らしき一例」とされているように50年代米映画ファン、出演俳優のファンの方に大いにお薦めです（マーヴィン、ボーグナインはいいとこなしですが）。星4つ半。

Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955, US, MGM / MGM
Theatrical aspect ratio 2.55：1 , 81min, Color, Mono, 35mm
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画質はDVDとしては上。ゴミ、ちらつきがごくまれにみられる程度。ガタツキはなし。発色は自然でシック。退色・滲み・つぶれはなく明度あり。この時代の作品では文句なし。

リージョン：本商品頁および現物パケでリージョン1と明記されているが、実物はリージョン・オール（おそらく1,2,3,4）NTSC
映像仕様は16:9LB（Widescreen,スコープサイズ）、画面アスペクト比：2.55: 1
片面？層、81min、Color

音声：英語Dolby サラウンド・ステレオ、仏語Mono
字幕：英語、仏語、スペイン語。On / Off選択可能。日本語字幕はなし。
メインメニューあり、チャプターメニューあり、ピクチャーディスク。

映像特典：米劇場予告編（2.35:1で発色はいいが本編より傷多し、英語字幕なし）
音声特典：映画史家Dana Polanのコメンタリ（英語字幕なし）
付属物：―
パケ・デザインはもうちょっとなんとかならなかったのか。
発売： Turner Entertainment / 販売：WB, 2005

関連キーワード：太平洋戦争後、ネヴァダ、日系二世、鉄道、隻腕、勲章、真珠湾攻撃

実際の映像は下の画像よりきれいです。

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子供の頃見て、あるカットがオブセッションになっていた映画、ついに見つけた、手に入れた
Reviewed in Japan on August 23, 2019
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子供の頃、今はなき国分寺名画座で観て、なぜか車掌が箱を置いてスペンサー・トレーシーが下車するところが大好きで、あの映画は一体なんだったのかと六十年間、記憶の中にこのシーンを何度も巻き戻していたが、数年前ついに本体がDVDで姿を現した。
しかし、６０００円だったか。そして今私が買える値段になった。共感をさそうための役ではないが、存在の俳優　R.ライアンがここでも素晴らしい。

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