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# Bad Day at Black Rock (1955): cast and crew

16 cast and 16 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md) as John J. Macreedy
- [Robert Ryan](https://film.one/person/robert-ryan-8253.md) as Reno Smith
- [Walter Brennan](https://film.one/person/walter-brennan.md) as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
- [Lee Marvin](https://film.one/person/lee-marvin.md) as Hector David
- [Dean Jagger](https://film.one/person/dean-jagger.md) as Tim Horn
- [Anne Francis](https://film.one/person/anne-francis.md) as Liz Wirth
- [John Ericson](https://film.one/person/john-ericson.md) as Pete Wirth
- [Ernest Borgnine](https://film.one/person/ernest-borgnine.md) as Coley Trimble
- [Russell Collins](https://film.one/person/russell-collins.md) as Mr. Hastings
- [Walter Sande](https://film.one/person/walter-sande.md) as Sam
- [Billy Dix](https://film.one/person/billy-dix.md) as Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
- [K.L. Smith](https://film.one/person/k-l-smith.md) as Cafe Lounger (uncredited)
- Robert Griffin as Second Train Conductor (uncredited)
- [Harry Harvey](https://film.one/person/harry-harvey.md) as First Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Bobby Johnson as One of Two Porters (uncredited)
- Francis McDonald as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger (uncredited)

## Directing

- [John Sturges](https://film.one/person/john-sturges.md): Director
- Joel Freeman: Assistant Director

## Writing

- Howard Breslin: Story
- [Millard Kaufman](https://film.one/person/millard-kaufman.md): Screenplay
- Don McGuire: Adaptation

## Production

- [Dore Schary](https://film.one/person/dore-schary.md): Producer
- Herman Hoffman: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [William C. Mellor](https://film.one/person/william-c-mellor.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Newell P. Kimlin](https://film.one/person/newell-p-kimlin.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [André Previn](https://film.one/person/andre-previn.md): Original Music Composer
- Wesley C. Miller: Recording Supervision

## Art

- Malcolm Brown: Art Direction
- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction
- Fred M. MacLean: Set Decoration
- Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- John Truwe: Makeup Artist

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