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High Noon <\/em><\/strong>(1952)<\/span><\/p>\n Director: Fred Zinnemann<\/strong><\/p>\n Screenplay: Carl Foreman <\/strong>based on The Tin Star<\/em>\u00a0short story in Collier’s by John W. Cunningham<\/strong><\/p>\n Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney Jr., Harry Morgan, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Lee Van Cleef, Sheb Wooley\u00a0<\/strong>and Jack Elam.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tagline:\u00a0 Simple. Powerful. Unforgettable.<\/em><\/p>\n The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Will Kane (Cooper) and hi bride are ready to start a new life.\u00a0 It’s their wedding day. Kane is retiring as Marshal of a small western town.\u00a0 He and his young wife Amy (Kelly) are moving to another town to open a store and raise a family.<\/p>\n Shortly after Will and Amy are married, they learn that Frank Miller is set to arrive on the noon train. Miller is a killer that Kane sent to prison.\u00a0 Miller’s trial resulted in a death sentence. Miller swore he would return to kill Kane.\u00a0 Instead of being hung, Miller’s death sentence was commuted.\u00a0 Now Miller is on his way to keep his word.\u00a0 Things get worse when Kane learns that three of Miller’s gang are already in town..<\/p>\n Will Kane knows it’s too late to run. Nobody in town is willing to help Kane face down the killers.\u00a0 What chance does one man alone have against four gunslingers?<\/p>\n Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n High Noon<\/em> was nominated for seven Academy Awards<\/em> and won four: John Wayne hated High Noon<\/em>.\u00a0 Every time I revisit the film, I like it better.\u00a0 It’s a great film, expertly directed, with a first rate cast and a story that rings true.\u00a0 At first Will Kane is willing to leave before the train arrives.\u00a0 Then he realizes that Miller and his gang will track him down.\u00a0 Kane thinks it’s better to meet them head on. Kane is sure that he will get support from some of the town members.<\/p>\n It’s interesting the way each person he approaches finds a rationale to not help.<\/p>\n Standouts in the cast include Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Lon Chaney Jr., Lee Van Cleef and Harry Morgan.\u00a0 High Noon<\/em> was a comeback film for Gary Cooper.\u00a0 Lloyd Bridges is great as the cocky, immature Deputy who wants to be Marshal. Katy Jurado owns every scene she’s in.\u00a0 In High Noon<\/em>, Lon Chaney Jr. gives the finest performance of his career.\u00a0 Harry Morgan is a coward doing his best to not appear so to his wife. High Noon <\/em>was Lee Van Cleef’s feature film debut! Look for Jack Elam in a cameo as a drunk. His part was supposed to be bigger, but it was determined it took away from the suspense of the impending gunfights.<\/p>\n High Noon <\/em><\/strong>(1952) rates 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n High Noon (1952) Director: Fred Zinnemann Screenplay: Carl Foreman based on The Tin Star\u00a0short story in Collier’s by John W.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,54,65,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-movies","category-trivia","category-z-view"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33624,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33615\/revisions\/33624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNominated for…<\/strong><\/em>
\nBest Picture
\nBest Director<\/em> (Fred Zinnemann)
\nBest Writing Screenplay<\/em> (Carl Foreman)
\nWon for…<\/strong><\/em>
\nBest Actor in a Leading Role (Winner – Gary Cooper)
\nBest Film Editing (Winner – Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad)
\nBest Music Original Song (Winner – Dimitri Tiomkin: music, Ned Washington: lyrics, for the song “High Noon aka Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'”)
\nBest Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Winner – Dimitri Tiomkin)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\")
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