High noon

A retired marshal is forced to take up his badge and guns again when a killer he has sent to jail returns to town, looking for revenge. The townspeople refuse to help and his new bride wants him to run away from the fight. The marshal meets the killer and his three accomplices at high noon in one of the most suspenseful and thrilling gunfights ever filmed. Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Based on the story, “The Tin star”, by John W. Cunningham.

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Credits

director

Fred Zimmerman

producer

Stanley Kramer

production company

United Artists Corporation

Duration

01:24:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302364

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Westerns

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q245208

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United States, 1952

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