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I’d probably rate this one a B, but it’s been years since I’ve seen it and I don’t trust my memory. Spencer Tracy plays the mysterious stranger whose appearance in a small town may reveal secrets the locals would prefer stayed hidden. A movie about anti-Japanese bigotry with an all-white cast, and a film noir shot in bright daylight in color and the then new miracle of Cinemascope, Black Rock builds dread not in shadows, but in vast, empty desert landscapes.