Bad Day at Black Rock

"I was just wondering what all you people are worrying about...Not that I have the slightest idea...I hold no truck with silence. I've got nothing to hide...It's just that you worry about the stranger only if you look at him from a certain aspect. From my perspective, I look upon him with the innocence of a fresh-laid egg."

"Four years ago, something terrible happened here. We did nothing about it. Nothing! The whole town fell into a sort of settled melancholy, and all the people in it closed their eyes, and held their tongues, and failed the test with a whimper. And now something terrible's going to happen again. And, in a way, we're lucky because we've been given a second chance."

"Spencer Tracy - John J. Macreedy"

"Robert Ryan - Reno Smith"

"Anne Francis - Liz Wirth"

"Dean Jagger - Sheriff Tim Horn"

"Walter Brennan - Doc T.R. Velie Jr."

"John Ericson - Pete Wirth"

"Ernest Borgnine - Coley Trimble"

"Lee Marvin - Hector David"

"Russell Collins - Mr. Hastings, Telegrapher"

"Walter Sande - Sam, Cafe Proprietor"