High Noon

1952

Retiring Marshall Will Kane (Gary Cooper) insists on defending his town from a gang of hooligans who are due on the noon train -- but he faces the task alone as the cowardly townspeople flee like rats from a sinking ship. Director Fred Zinnemann creates an incredibly tense Western (rightly considered one of the true genre classics) that unfurls in real time -- as the clocks on the wall constantly remind us.

Simple. Powerful. Unforgettable.

Winner of 4 Academy Awards

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Film Detail

Genre

Thriller - Western

Length

1 hr. 25 mins.

US Theatrical Release

July 24, 1952

US Box Office

$3,750,000 (#5334 of 7538)

Global Office

No Data Available

Rating

Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition

2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition & Digital

Resolution | Digital Platform

Fandango at Home

Aspect Ratio

FS 1.33:1

Audio

English: DD 2.0 Mono

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Released

June 10, 2008

Acquired Date

April 29, 2016

Times Seen

1 Time

Last Watched

October 29, 2008

Actors

Gary Cooper

Grace Kelly

Thomas Mitchell

Lloyd Bridges

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

Directors

Fred Zinnemann

Producers

Stanley Kramer

Writers

Carl Foreman

Awards & Accolades

1952 Oscar : Best Actor - Gary Cooper
1952 Oscar : Film Editing
1952 Oscar : Music (Original Dramatic or Comedy Score)
1952 Oscar : Music (Original Song) - "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')"
1997 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - Rank: #33
2007 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - Rank: #27
2008 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #105
2009 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #119
2010 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #139
2011 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #145
2012 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #145
2013 IMDB Top 250: Film - Rank: #179

Special Features

Commentaries

Maria Cooper-Janis, Jonathan Foreman, Tim Zinnemann and John Ritter

Documentaries

Inside High Noon

Featurettes

Behind High Noon
Making of High Noon
Tex Ritter: A Visit to Carthage, Texas

Audio Commentary
Featurettes

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