High Noon

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High Noon is a classic 1952 American Western film starring Gary Cooper as a lone marshal facing a vengeful outlaw as the townspeople abandon him.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
Western film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Song
academyAwardNominations 7
academyAwardRecipient Dimitri Tiomkin
Elmo Williams
Gary Cooper
Harry W. Gerstad
Ned Washington
academyAwardWins 4
AmyFowlerKanePortrayedBy Grace Kelly
associatedSong Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'
basedOn The Tin Star
basedOnAuthor John W. Cunningham
character Amy Fowler Kane
Frank Miller
Helen Ramírez
cinematographyBy Floyd Crosby
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Fred Zinnemann
distributor United Artists
editedBy Elmo Williams
Harry W. Gerstad
filmingTechnique black-and-white cinematography
genre Western
drama
goldenGlobeAward Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
goldenGlobeRecipient Gary Cooper
hasColorProcess black and white
HelenRamirezPortrayedBy Katy Jurado
influencedBy experiences of screenwriter Carl Foreman with HUAC
mainCharacter Marshal Will Kane
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Gary Cooper
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin
narrativeStructure real time
notableFor exploration of moral courage in the face of abandonment
use of real-time narrative structure
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A town marshal faces a returning outlaw as the townspeople refuse to help him.
politicalAllegoryFor Hollywood blacklist
politicalContext McCarthyism
surface form: McCarthy era
preservingInstitution Library of Congress
producer Stanley Kramer
productionCompany Stanley Kramer Productions
reasonForPreservation culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant
recognizedAs classic Western film
influential American film
releaseDate 1952-07-24
releaseYear 1952
runtimeMinutes 85
screenwriter Carl Foreman
selectedForPreservationBy National Film Registry
settingLocation Hadleyville
settingState New Mexico Territory
songComposer Dimitri Tiomkin
songLyricist Ned Washington
starring Gary Cooper
Grace Kelly
Harry Morgan
Katy Jurado
Lee Van Cleef
Lloyd Bridges
Lon Chaney Jr.
Otto Kruger
Thomas Mitchell
theme courage
cowardice
duty
individual versus community
moral responsibility
timePeriod late 19th century

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United Artists produced High Noon
Grace Kelly notableWork High Noon
Fred Zinnemann notableWork High Noon
Fred Zinnemann directed High Noon
Gary Cooper notableWork High Noon
Otto Kruger notableWork High Noon
Harry Morgan notableWork High Noon
Duckburg firstAppearanceInWork High Noon
this entity surface form: High Noon on Killmotor Hill
Stanley Kramer notableWork High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin notableWork High Noon
Dimitri Tiomkin composedForFilm High Noon
Thomas Mitchell notableWork High Noon
Elmo Williams notableWork High Noon
Elmo Williams edited High Noon
Elmo Williams notableAwardWork High Noon
Floyd Crosby notableWork High Noon
Hadleyville appearsInWork High Noon
Hadleyville appearsInWork High Noon
this entity surface form: 1952 film High Noon
Marshal Will Kane appearsIn High Noon
Marshal Will Kane createdFor High Noon
Marshal Will Kane firstAppearance High Noon
this entity surface form: High Noon (1952 film)
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' alsoKnownAs High Noon
this entity surface form: The Ballad of High Noon
Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' partOf High Noon
this entity surface form: High Noon soundtrack
Ned Washington workedOn High Noon
this entity surface form: High Noon (1952 film)
The Tin Star inspiredWork High Noon
The Tin Star narrativeBasisFor High Noon
The Tin Star adaptedInto High Noon
The Tin Star influenced High Noon
The Tin Star workBasedOnThis High Noon
Katy Jurado notableWork High Noon
Lee Van Cleef notableWork High Noon
Amy Fowler Kane appearsIn High Noon
Amy Fowler Kane firstAppearance High Noon
Amy Fowler Kane createdFor High Noon
Carl Foreman notableWork High Noon
Carl Foreman screenwriterOf High Noon
Carl Foreman nominatedForWork High Noon
Helen Ramírez appearsIn High Noon
Lloyd Bridges notableWork High Noon
John W. Cunningham inspiredWork High Noon
Harry Gerstad notableWork High Noon
Harry Gerstad edited High Noon
Harry W. Gerstad notableWork High Noon
Harry W. Gerstad edited High Noon