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High Noon

High Noon

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 9, 1952

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Western, Thriller

User Score

77%

Original Title

High Noon

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions, United Artists

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Budget

$730,000

Revenue

$8,000,000

Description

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.

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Patrick E. Abe profile picture

A masterpiece of tightly plotted drama/suspense in what would become The Adult Western. Normally,...

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John Chard profile picture

This is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really...

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Peter McGinn profile picture

I am guessing that High Noon is one of those seminal films that influenced the western genre imme...

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CinemaSerf profile picture

Gary Cooper is great in this tightly-packed revenge western. Newly married to "Amy" (th...

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Filipe Manuel Neto profile picture

When a film becomes a manifesto of political discontent.

Usually, we are ...

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