High Noon (1952)

Release date: 1952-07-30
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Production Co: Stanley Kramer Productions
Genre: Thriller, Western, Drama
Rating: 7.9/10
Length: 1h 25min

Storyline

On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, Marshal Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station.

Plot Keywords

one against many, morality, quick draw, real time, gunfight, brawl, fistfight, famous score, famous song, clock, justice, frontier justice, marriage, u.s. marshal, death, double gun holster, two gun holster, street shootout, train station, horse

Short Review

Few westerns have conveyed fear so potently as Kane tries to persuade the townsfolk to stand against Miller and his gang, while the clock runs down in real time.