Lee Marvin is Evil Ted Lasso
John Sturges’ “Bad Day at Black Rock” takes place soon after World War II, but it feels like something out of the Old West. You could also call it “daylight noir.” Spencer Tracy faces off against Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and a whole bunch of townspeople with something to hide. We talk about filmmaking techniques, performance and how a one-armed dude survives his 24 hours in Black Rock.
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Show Notes
The Movie: review/commentary on a single classic film * Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL59cKiFTV4&t=42s * Available to stream, rent or buy digitally * On disc: Blu-ray
Next time, we’ll watch Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1947) trailer
