Fresh
Zinnemann carefully and deliberately makes the most of the mood cast by the threat of impending violence.
William Brogdon, Variety
High Noon
The story of a man who was too proud to run!
1952 · 1h 25m · PG
Western
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
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High Noon
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.
Director and cast
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane
- Thomas Mitchell as Mayor Jonas Henderson
- Lloyd Bridges as Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell
- Katy Jurado as Helen Ramírez
- Grace Kelly as Amy Fowler Kane
- Otto Kruger as Judge Percy Mettrick
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Martin Howe
- Harry Morgan as Sam Fuller
- Ian MacDonald as Frank Miller
- Eve McVeagh as Mildred Fuller
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
High Noon won a fistful of Oscars, but in these days of pasteboard screen machismo, it's worth seeing simply as the anatomy of what it took to make a man before the myth turned sour.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
More than a half-century later, Foreman was right after all: High Noon is a scorching and sour portrait of American complacence and capacity for collaborationism.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Regarded as '50s melodrama, it's nearly perfect.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
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