High Noon

Pros: Gary Cooper, real-time action, non-traditional western theme
Cons: none

Gary Cooper is Will Kane, newly-married town marshal who has decided to retire and start a new life with his bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). However, Kane's past threatens to catch up with him when he learns that revenge-seeking Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald),...

Pros: Gary Cooper, Shown almost in real-time, no apologies
Cons: The female leads, too short, the ending

High Noon could have been one of the greatest films of our time. It could have reached out from its niche as a Western Classic, and anchored a spot in the minds of movie fans everywhere. Instead, this movie is relegated as something of a ...

Pros: Editing, score, Cooper, direction, use of real-time
Cons: The ending

As some of you already know, I am a sucker for old films. Therefore, it is not uncommon for me (yes, a 17-year old adolescent) to write about films from well before the 1980s. Whenever I have the time, I either look in shops or look through my dad's...

Pros: Excellent thriller/western
Cons: Nothing worth noting.

I have an Ipod and have some movies on it that I will watch from time to time. The first movie I added was High Noon with Gary Cooper. It's an excellent film that won four Oscars giving Cooper as Best Actor nod along with Editing, Music and Musical ...

Pros: It only lasts 85 minutes!
Cons: Story, Cooper, Kelly, supporting cast, leftist self-congratulatory victim slant

High Noon (1952)

A picture that I want to like, High Noon was directed by Fred Zinnemann, who also directed one of my most favorite pictures, The Day of The Jackal. Derived from the story "The Tin Star," by Carl Foreman, High...

Pros: story of courage and character, Cooper was in it
Cons: awkward score that almost destroys the viewing, mediocre director and acting on part of some of the cast

It pains me to write this review on the much beloved movie western classic "High Noon". It came out to the theaters the same year I was born, 1952. I remember liking it a lot when I saw it on television when I was a kid. Yet, yesterday I saw...

Pros: Powerful subtlety of conflict and maturity of genre
Cons: A few cliches, even for its time

This last week I've felt myself haunted by spirits that I never summoned. They come up thickly, strangely, solidly, rising when I blink my eyes, or when I gaze into the narrow distance between here and there at a four-way stop, or when I lay down to fall...

Pros: Pure Greatness
Cons: LA in the background in the final shot

Don't get me wrong. It isn't that I don't like Gregory Peck (who was first offered the role of Will Kane by Producer Stanley Kramer), but Gary Cooper was perfect in the role. As for Peck, he felt the story was too close to his movie "The...

Pros: Gary Cooper. A great story that makes you think about heroism.
Cons: ...maybe parts of the score.

Refreshing is the word that High Noon brings to my mind when I watch it. In a world of so much compromise and so much concern about what everyone else is thinking, it’s quite refreshing to watch a movie about a man who knows exactly what he should ...

Pros: Classic western, great cast, good plot, some powerful performances.
Cons: Black and white, but it does fit with the film.

Film only review. High Noon is a classic Western which was filmed in Black and White, and released in 1952, prior to the spaghetti westerns of the late 1960's which had their own style and sense of realism. High Noon follows the tried and tested ...

Pros: An atypical Western to explore the conventions of the Western
Cons: None

High Noon, probably the most atypical of all westerns, is also arguably the most powerful of all Westerns. By going against every convention of the genre, it is able to explore the genre and even poke a little subtle fun at it. And in the...

Pros: Strong Story, Some Great Acting, Excellent Cinematography and Directing, Very Meaningful
Cons: Some don't like the Academy Award winning theme song

This classic western has it all; story, some excellent acting, exceptional cinematography, drama, and a message.

The lead, played by Gary Cooper, can save himself or fight to save the town from the bad guys. He has just married and has...

Pros: direction, cinematography, cast, mood, story
Cons: characters

"High Noon" is one of the best Western films ever made, but it is really about character: doing what you believe is right, even if nobody supports you, even if it means risking your life. Gary Cooper's Will Kane is the very definition of...

Pros: High Noon will win your heart.
Cons: Only the political scandal that surrounded it.

When this movie first came out it was surrounded with much controversy. However, the end product astounded it's audiences.
First of all who can argue with that weary, sad face of Gary Cooper who at that time, in this particular movie,...

Pros: exelent script
Cons: good guy wins

The Film “High Noon” shows the human tendency to let their words speak louder than their actions. When it is learned that a deadly gunslinger is returning they begin to reevaluate what action should be taken. When the lines are drawn, this movie gives...