High Noon

Name: High Noon
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Released: July 30, 1952
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 89
Cast: Eve McVeagh, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Harry Morgan, Ian Macdonald

1952

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United Artists | Release Date: July 30, 1952 | Approved

Starring: Eve McVeagh, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Harry Morgan, Ian Macdonald, Katy Jurado, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Otto Kruger, Thomas Mitchell

Summary: This classic 1952 Western stars Gary Cooper as just-married lawman Will Kane, who is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride (Grace Kelly) when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald) is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score.

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Western

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 85 min

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100

Bosley Crowther

Meaningful in its implications, as well as loaded with interest and suspense, High Noon is a western to challenge “Stagecoach” for the all-time championship. (Review of Original Release) Read full review

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Not a frame is wasted in this taut, superbly directed, masterfully acted film, the first so-called "adult Western." (Review of Original Release) Read full review

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Stephen Hunter

A terrific piece of filmmaking. It's taut, believable as it unspools. It's charismatic, with a slow buildup of tension in near-real time that finally explodes into a blast of violence. Read full review

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James Berardinelli

The Western may be one of the few truly American art forms, and High Noon shows exactly how much potential it can embrace. Read full review

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Cooper does an unusually able job of portraying the marshal. (Review of Original Release) Read full review

Michael Atkinson

Possibly the most Rorschachian film of all time, a symbol-only text that effortlessly conforms to any political present, and finds a foothold in your social sphere whether you're a free radical or reactionary wing nut. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Some of the results ring false, but the memorable theme song and some equally memorable character acting (by Thomas Mitchell and Lon Chaney Jr. more than Lloyd Bridges and Katy Jurado) help things along. Read full review

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Aug 22, 2018

The quintessential classic western. Timeless, perfectly paced and with a cast and score to match.