“High Noon” is a western movie about a town marshal whose duty is tested when he must decide to face a band of outlaws alone, without the support of deputies or the frightened town folk, or leave town with his young wife. And with the head outlaw arriving on the noon train, the suspense builds as the clock is ticking. The movie is depicted in real time, with an 85 minute running time.
Gary Cooper was made to order directly from central casting in the lead part of Marshall Will Kane. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his efforts. Three other Oscars went for Best Film Editing, Best Musical Score (Dimitri Tiomkin), and Best Song (“The Ballad of High Noon,” music by Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington.
Grace Kelly made a big splash as Cooper’s Quaker wife. This was the second of only eleven motion pictures she appeared in her entire career, before she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. Co-stars include Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Long Chaney Jr., Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, with Jack Elam, John Doucette, and Virginia Christine appearing in uncredited roles.
Director Fred Zinnemann (“Oklahoma!” 1955) tightly directed this film which has become a western classic. The taut screenplay by Carl Foreman was adapted from a 1947 short story in Collier’s magazine called “The Tin Star” by John W. Cunningham. “High Noon” was a huge hit at the box office for producer Stanley Kramer, Stanley Kramer Productions, and United Artists.
High Noon (1952)
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My Review
“High Noon” is a western movie about a town marshal whose duty is tested when he must decide to face a band of outlaws alone, without the support of deputies or the frightened town folk, or leave town with his young wife. And with the head outlaw arriving on the noon train, the suspense builds as the clock is ticking. The movie is depicted in real time, with an 85 minute running time.
Gary Cooper was made to order directly from central casting in the lead part of Marshall Will Kane. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his efforts. Three other Oscars went for Best Film Editing, Best Musical Score (Dimitri Tiomkin), and Best Song (“The Ballad of High Noon,” music by Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington.
Grace Kelly made a big splash as Cooper’s Quaker wife. This was the second of only eleven motion pictures she appeared in her entire career, before she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956. Co-stars include Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Long Chaney Jr., Harry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Lee Van Cleef, with Jack Elam, John Doucette, and Virginia Christine appearing in uncredited roles.
Director Fred Zinnemann (“Oklahoma!” 1955) tightly directed this film which has become a western classic. The taut screenplay by Carl Foreman was adapted from a 1947 short story in Collier’s magazine called “The Tin Star” by John W. Cunningham. “High Noon” was a huge hit at the box office for producer Stanley Kramer, Stanley Kramer Productions, and United Artists.