High Noon

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American film Western film film

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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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Fred Zinnemann → directed → High Noon ⓘ
Fred Zinnemann → notableWork → High Noon ⓘ
Gary Cooper → notableWork → High Noon ⓘ
Grace Kelly → notableWork → High Noon ⓘ
United Artists → produced → High Noon ⓘ