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High Noon is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred Zinnemann released in USA on 30 july 1952 with Gary Cooper
High Noon (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 30 july 1952
Length 1h25
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
OriginUSA
Themes Films about religion
Rating78%
High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper. In nearly real time, the film tells the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman. The film won four Academy Awards (Actor, Editing, Music-Score, Music-Song) and four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting Actress, Score, Cinematography-Black and White). The award-winning score was written by Russian-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin.
In 1989, High Noon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", entering the registry during the NFR's first year of existence.
Synopsis
Will Kane (Gary Cooper), the longtime marshal of Hadleyville, New Mexico Territory, has just married pacifist Quaker Amy Fowler (Grace Kelly) and turned in his badge. He intends to become a storekeeper elsewhere. Suddenly, the town learns that Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), a criminal whom Kane brought to justice, is due to arrive on the noon train.Actors
Gary Cooper
(Marshal Will Kane)
Grace Kelly
(Amy Fowler Kane)
Katy Jurado
(Helen Ramírez)
Eve McVeagh
(Mildred Fuller)
Thomas Mitchell
(Mayor Jonas Henderson)
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