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When people do nothing...
As a high school student, I was taught how to write a screenplay through the first 5 minutes of this film. I never forgot how to do it either! It's simple storytelling, really. This is a classic story of one man forced to take care of unfinished business without any help. It's a story of good and evil. And it's a story of what happens when people don't help each other. Gary Cooper is awesome as the Marshall who must fight alone. Grace Kelly is beautiful in this movie. Though it may seem ugly to watch, the director, Fred Zimmerman and his Cinematographer shot this film without any special lenses or adjustments, making this movie an outstanding piece of work and possibly the greatest western ever made!

Cooper Against The Clock
High Noon is a classic tale of a man who is torn between his duty and love. Gary Cooper stars as Will Cain, a sheriff of small town Hadleyville, NM, who has just gotten married to Amy played by Grace Kelly. Amy is a Quaker and in deference to her pacifist beliefs, Will is turning in his badge. But just as the newlyweds are preparing to leave town for a new life, Will learns that a criminal, Frank Miller, he put behind bars is being paroled and arriving in town on the 12 noon train for a showdown. Tension fills the air as the anticipated showdown draws closer. Amy begs for Will to leave with her, but he knows he can't run away. He must stay and defend the town and his honor. Will finds himself alone in the battle as everyone in town, including his deputy sheriff Harvey Pell, played by Lloyd Bridges, have turned away from him. The film is just a little over 80 minutes long and it unfolds in essentially real time on the screen. Director Fred Zinnemann effectively uses clocks to convey the time ticking away towards the battle. The movie is filled with tension as the showdown draws near and Mr. Cooper brilliantly plays his part for which he won his second Best Actor Oscar. Tex Ritter, John's father, sings the Oscar winning song, "Don't Forsake Me" which perfectly captures the essence of the film. High Noon is not only a classic western, but a classic American film.

Dark Western, Cooper Aces
Gary Cooper in perhaps his most powerful role on the screen. Cooper won an Oscar for his portrayal of Marshal Will Kane, a man suddenly at a crossroads.

About to retire and move away from Hadleyville, Kane marries Amy,
a Quaker. Grace Kelly plays the part of Kane's new bride. But before Kane can leave, he learns that Frank Miller, a wild gunman and murderer, has been released from prison. Miller vowed that he would return to Hadleyville one day and that he would kill Kane for sending him to prison. Miller, it is reported, is on the noon train.

Rather than run, Kane decides to stay. This infuriates Amy, who fears that she'll be a widow before the day is out. Kane embarks on a search for deputies to help him put a stop to Miller. But no one will help. Kane is alone. Even Amy says she's leaving on the train that will bring Miller to Hadleyville. What will Kane do?

Throughout this film, shot in gritty black and white, Tex Ritter's haunting "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" plays in the background, adding to the ever-present drama and tension.

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