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High Noon (1952)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Drama | Western

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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.

Rated PG | Length 85 minutes

Actors

Gary Cooper | Thomas Mitchell | Lloyd Bridges | Grace Kelly | Katy Jurado | Otto Kruger | Lon Chaney Jr. | Harry Morgan | Ian MacDonald | Eve McVeagh | Morgan Farley | Harry Shannon | Lee Van Cleef | Robert J. Wilke | Sheb Wooley | Jack Elam | John Doucette | Ted Stanhope | Lee Aaker | Guy Beach | Larry J. Blake | John Breen | Tex Driscoll | Herschel Graham | Paul Kruger | William H. O'Brien | Roy Bucko | Russell Custer | Nora Bush | Ann Kunde | Ben Corbett | Rudy Germane | Chuck Hayward | Michael Jeffers | Kansas Moehring | Jack Montgomery | Buddy Roosevelt | Allen D. Sewall | Howland Chamberlain | Virginia Christine | Cliff Clark | Paul Dubov | Dick Elliott | Virginia Farmer | Tim Graham | Tom Greenway | Harry Harvey | Nolan Leary | Tom London | Merrill McCormick | William Newell | James Millican | William 'Bill' Phillips | Lucien Prival | Ralph Reed | Charles Soldani | Slim Talbot

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/04/2012TVDVDLibrary9 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Hard to believe it’s taken me so long to watch this classic. I was impressed by how concise the plot was, stripped down to exactly what it needed to be and nothing more.

Gary Cooper and Grace Kelley are excellent.

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