High Noon (1952) | |
| Director(s) | Fred Zinnemann |
| Producer(s) | Carl Foreman (associate uncredited), Stanley Kramer (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Gunfighters, Husband Wife, Integrity, Outlaws, Romance (Drama), Wild West |
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High Noon Overview:
High Noon (1952) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Fred Zinnemann and produced by Stanley Kramer and Carl Foreman.
The film was based on the short story The Tin Star written by John W. Cunningham published in Colliers Magazine in Dec 6, 1947.
SYNOPSIS
Cooper is Hollywood's perfect hero, the very embodiment of integrity and grace in this greatest of Westerns. As a newly married town marshal, he must balance an innate sense of justice and duty with loyalty to his beautiful new - and pacifist - bride when he is left by an ungrateful town to face a gang of deadly outlaws alone. As we watch spellbound, film time is real time as the showdown grows ever closer. This masterpiece is frequently interpreted as a parable about artists left to "stand alone" and face persecution during the HUAC Hollywood blacklisting. (However, Howard Hawks allegedly devised Rio Bravo as an answer to this film's wimpiness." Also, John Wayne once declared High Noon un-American. He was apparently offended by the ending of film, which shows Sheriff Kane removing his badge and tossing it in the dirt.)
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.High Noon was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989.
Academy Awards 1952 --- Ceremony Number 25 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Gary Cooper | Won |
| Best Director | Fred Zinnemann | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad | Won |
| Best Music - Scoring | Dimitri Tiomkin | Won |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington | Won |
| Best Picture | Stanley Kramer, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Carl Foreman | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
Western RoundUp: High Noon
By Laura Grieve on May 28, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub BlogHigh Noon I’ve seen High Noon (1952) multiple times over the years, including a memorable theatrical screening at the FilmEx festival when I was in my teens. The FilmEx screening, which took place in Century City, California, was part of a 50-hour movie marathon honoring the 50th anniversar... Read full article
High Noon: The Cowards Among us
By FlickChick on Feb 8, 2021 From A Person in the DarkSo, this is what happened the other day. AloneFor some strange reason, the theme song from "High Noon," the 1952 western, invaded my brain. Now, you should know that I am not a western fan by any stretch and this song is never one that is on my playlist. Still, it persisted, first in the shower and ... Read full article
High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 11, 2018 From The Stop ButtonHigh Noon is a film all about courage and cowardice, so it?s appropriate the film starts with the most courageous thing it?s ever going to do and it does a few. It commits to its theme song. Not a piece of music from Dimitri Tiomkin, but a country song (written by Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington, ... Read full article
High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic
on Jul 9, 2017 From Journeys in Classic FilmPart of the reason I read film books is to have an outsider entice me to check out a movie. Where some of you come here to have me tell you whether a certain film is worth your time or not – and if you value my opinion, I thank you – I defer to experts whose cases for a certain film are ... Read full article
The Strong and Quiet Amy Kane: Grace Kelly in High Noon
By Virginie Pronovost on Nov 13, 2016 From The Wonderful World of Cinema2- ?Helen: What kind of woman are you? How can you leave him like this? Does the sound of guns frighten you that much?Amy: I’ve heard guns. My father and my brother were killed by guns. They were on the right side but that didn’t help them any when the shooting started. My brother was ni... Read full article
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Quotes from
Marshal Will Kane: Stay at the hotel until it's over.
Amy: No, I won't be here when it's over. You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow. I say it's too long to wait! I won't do it!
Marshal Will Kane: Amy!
Amy: I mean it! If you won't go with me now, I'll be on that train when it leaves here.
Helen: Kane will be a dead man in half an hour and nobody's gonna do anything about it. And when he dies, this town dies too. I can feel it. I am all alone in the world. I have to make a living. So I'm going someplace else. That's all.
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Facts about
Gary Cooper, B movie producer Robert L. Lippert and screenwriter Carl Foreman were set to go into a production company together, after the success of this film. John Wayne and Ward Bond ordered Cooper to back out of the deal, as HUAC was preparing to "blacklist" Foreman. Shortly afterward, Lippert was made persona non grata by the Screen Actors Guild, which destroyed his independent production company.
In 1951, after 25 years in show business, Gary Cooper's professional reputation declined, and he was dropped from the Motion Picture Herald's list of the top 10 Box Office performers. In the following year he made a big comeback at the age of 51 with this film.
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