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High Noon (1952) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Collectors Edition
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Special Edition
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fred Zinnemann

Written By:
Fred Zinnemann
John W. Cunningham
Carl Foreman

Actors:
Gary Cooper ..... Marshal Will Kane
Thomas Mitchell ..... Mayor Jonas Henderson
Lloyd Bridges ..... Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell
Katy Jurado ..... Helen Ramírez
Grace Kelly ..... Amy Fowler Kane
Otto Kruger ..... Judge Percy Mettrick
Lon Chaney Jr. ..... Martin Howe (as Lon Chaney)
Harry Morgan ..... Sam Fuller (as Henry Morgan)
Ian MacDonald ..... Frank Miller
Eve McVeagh ..... Mildred Fuller
Morgan Farley ..... Dr. Mahin, minister
Harry Shannon ..... Cooper
Lee Van Cleef ..... Jack Colby
Robert J. Wilke ..... Jim Pierce (as Robert Wilke)
Sheb Wooley ..... Ben Miller

Synopsis:

Will Kane is a town marshal. It's his wedding day and his last day as a lawman. He was about to leave town with his new bride to start a new life when some men come to town who tell him that a man he sent to prison some years ago has just been released and is arriving on the noon train. Kane and any of the townsfolk who remember him, know that he's coming to town for one thing; to get Will. Will's friends tell him to leave town which he does but Will feeling that running away is not a solution returns and intends to face him. Will tries to find support from his friends but all of them don't want to help him or are too afraid and all that they tell him is to leave, even his wife feels the same way. And as the train comes closer, Will is all alone.

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).

On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman 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...

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