On the verge of retirement, a marshal (Gary Cooper) stands alone to face a vengeful gunman and his gang. (Learn more)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges (View All)
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Starring: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due on the 12:00 train. Pacifist Amy urges Will to leave town and forget about the Millers, but this isn't his style; protecting Hadleyburg has always been his duty, and it remains so now. But when he asks for deputies to fend off the Millers, virtually nobody will stand by him. Chief Deputy Harvey Pell (Lloyd Bridges) covets Will's job and ex-mistress (Katy Jurado); his mentor, former lawman Martin Howe (Lon Chaney Jr.) is now arthritic and unable to wield a gun. Even Amy, who doesn't want to be around for her husband's apparently certain demise, deserts him. Meanwhile, the clocks tick off the minutes to High Noon -- the film is shot in "real time," so that its 85-minute length corresponds to the story's actual timeframe. Utterly alone, Kane walks into the center of town, steeling himself for his showdown with the murderous Millers. Considered a landmark of the "adult western," High Noon won four Academy Awards (including Best Actor for Cooper) and Best Song for the hit, "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" sung by Tex Ritter. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, whose blacklisting was temporarily prevented by star Cooper, one of Hollywood's most virulent anti-Communists. John Wayne, another notable showbiz right-winger and Western hero, was so appalled at the notion that a Western marshal would beg for help in a showdown that he and director Howard Hawks "answered" High Noon with Rio Bravo (1959). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
1/1/52
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
85 mins.
Language
- English
Awards
- Winner of the Best Cinematography - Black and White award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 1952 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the U.S. National Film Registry award at the 1988 Library of Congress [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1952 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1952 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a New Star of the Year - Female award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Song award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Drama or Comedy Score award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 1952 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1952 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1952 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
Distributor
- Hallmark Home Entertainment
- United Artists Films
