Movie #122: High Noon

Movie #: 122
Movie Title: High Noon
Year Released: 1952

Director: Fred Zinnemann
Notable Cast: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Jr.

Short Description: A marshall, personally compelled to face a returning deadly enemy, finds that his own town refuses to help him. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #27
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Date Watched: 5/17/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: Probably the best part of High Noon was that, other than his wife of literally an hour and a half, no one came to help the marshal in the end. The entire town essentially abandoned him in his fight against four outlaws and I was glad for that. Not because I didn’t like the marshal, but because it was a plot point that stuck to its guns. There wasn’t a happy moment were the townsfolk realized they were wrong in leaving the marshal to fight by himself; rather, it made the showdown at the end seem like it had real stakes as he fought while outnumbered. It’s unfortunate the showdown at the end was as short as it was because more would have been nice after a long, slow buildup to it.