Overview:
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.| Status: | Released (1952-06-09) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 17 wins & 11 nominations total |
| Screen: | Carl Foreman, John W. Cunningham |
| Productions: | Stanley Kramer Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 4068: Gary Cooper - Marshal Will Kane
- 3383: Thomas Mitchell - Mayor Jonas Henderson
- 2177: Lloyd Bridges - Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell
- 4070: Grace Kelly - Amy Fowler Kane
- 4069: Katy Jurado - Helen Ramírez
- 4071: Otto Kruger - Judge Percy Mettrick
- 4072: Lon Chaney Jr. - Martin Howe
Crews
- 4065: Fred Zinnemann - Director - Directing
- 4066: Carl Foreman - Screenplay - Writing
- 4081: Stanley Kramer - Producer - Production
- 4082: Dimitri Tiomkin - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 4083: Floyd Crosby - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2108: Elmo Williams - Editor - Editing
- 4085: Rudolph Sternad - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Patrick E. Abe
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A masterpiece of tightly plotted drama/suspense in what would become The Adult Western. Normally, one is happiest on your wedding day, but former lawman Will Kane is troubled. An old nemesis is due on the noon train, and his gang is in town to meet him. He's sworn to kill the man ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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This is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really important. Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is a retiring lawman all set to leave the town of Hadleyville with his new bride Amy (Grace Kelly). But word comes that a notorious gunslinger he pu ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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I am guessing that High Noon is one of those seminal films that influenced the western genre immensely for a long time. The fifties? That is back when we wanted our heroes to be heroic. No greed or cruelty or inconsistent morals were allowed. Marshall Will Kane states near the beginn ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Gary Cooper is great in this tightly-packed revenge western. Newly married to "Amy" (the sparingly used but effective Grace Kelly) he has decided to stop being the town marshal and live a more peaceful life. It's on that very day, however, that he discovers that the outlaw "Miller" ( ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**When a film becomes a manifesto of political discontent.** Usually, we are used to seeing extremely virile western films, full of masculine strength and American pride. And in fact the “cowboy” is a symbol of American strength and persistence: he is a loner, individualist, indep ....
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