A couple months ago, after watching Guess who's coming to Dinner, I told Honey that my favorite Spencer Tracy show might be Bad Day at Black Rock. A search on DirecTV failed to show it anywhere, then, after watching The Last Hurrah on Turner Classics the other day, Honey tried again. She found it on one of the pay-per-view channels, recorded it and we watched it this weekend.
With the exception of one of the early Star Wars shows, I can't think of any movie that was as good the second time around, but this came close.
Bad Day at Black Rock wasn't a huge hit. It did get Tracy a best actor nomination at the Academy Awards, and a win at the Cannes Film Festival - and he did it with just one arm!
If, like Honey, you've never seen it, it is certainly worth watching.
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