High noon / United Artists ; Stanley Kramer Productions ; produced by Stanley Kramer ; screenplay by Carl Foreman ; directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: OF370 | Olive FilmsPublication details: [St. Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, 2012.Edition: DVD formatDescription: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; editor, Elmo Williams ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
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Main Library | DVD | New | WESTERN HIGH NOO | Checked out | 06/19/2024 | 33111010004410 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due on the 12:00 train. Pacifist Amy urges Will to leave town and forget about the Millers, but this isn't his style; protecting Hadleyburg has always been his duty, and it remains so now. But when he asks for deputies to fend off the Millers, virtually nobody will stand by him. Chief Deputy Harvey Pell (Lloyd Bridges) covets Will's job and ex-mistress (Katy Jurado); his mentor, former lawman Martin Howe (Lon Chaney Jr.) is now arthritic and unable to wield a gun. Even Amy, who doesn't want to be around for her husband's apparently certain demise, deserts him. Meanwhile, the clocks tick off the minutes to High Noon -- the film is shot in "real time," so that its 85-minute length corresponds to the story's actual timeframe. Utterly alone, Kane walks into the center of town, steeling himself for his showdown with the murderous Millers. Considered a landmark of the "adult western," High Noon won four Academy Awards (including Best Actor for Cooper) and Best Song for the hit, "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" sung by Tex Ritter. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, whose blacklisting was temporarily prevented by star Cooper, one of Hollywood's most virulent anti-Communists. John Wayne, another notable showbiz right-winger and Western hero, was so appalled at the notion that a Western marshal would beg for help in a showdown that he and director Howard Hawks "answered" High Noon with Rio Bravo (1959). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Full screen version.
Based on the story "The tin star" by John W. Cunningham.
Special features: The making of High Noon narrated by Leonard Maltin ; includes interviews with Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Kramer, Fred Zinnemann, John Ritter, David Crosby and Gary Cooper ; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; editor, Elmo Williams ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Henry Morgan.
Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen.
Not rated.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
DVD, Dolby digital.
In English.