A one-armed Second World War veteran sets out to find a Japanese farmer to present him with his son's posthumous medal, only to encounter unexpected and undisguised hostility from the local rednecks in a desert town. It seems the community has a secret to protect - and will go to any lengths to keep it. Thriller, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.