Plot
From the time John J. Macreedy steps off the train in Black Rock, he feels a chill from the local residents. The town is only a speck on the map, and few strangers ever come to the place. Macreedy himself is tight-lipped about the purpose of his trip and he finds that the hotel refuses him a room, the local garage refuses to rent him a car, and the sheriff is a useless drunkard. It's apparent that the locals have something to hide, but when he finally tells them that he is there to speak to a Japanese-American farmer named Kamoko, he touches a nerve so sensitive that he will spend the next 24 hours fighting for his life.
Written by
Millard Kaufman, Don McGuire, Howard Breslin
Directed by
John Sturges
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Languages
English
Awards
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 wins & 8 nominations total