This Legendary , Simple , Powerful , Unforgettable picture tells the known story of Will Kane (Cooper) sheriff of a town standing against impossible odds , he has just married a young fiancée (Kelly) promising to leave his risked job and settle down for a peaceful existence . Just when they are about to leave , comes a vengeful gunman called Frank Miller (Ian McDonald) and henchmen (Lee Van Cleef) who Will Kane had sent to jail years earlier . Miller has sworn revenge and he will arrive in the solitary town at high noon. There Is Nothing Under The Sun Like The High Adventure Of "High Noon"! The story of a man who was too proud to run . When these hands point straight up...the excitement starts!
This classic western is plenty of suspense as the dreaded noon hour approaches and the protagonist realizes he must stand alone but his fellow town people for help , nobody is willing to help him . The narration is adjusted in real time , from the beginning , the wedding , until the final showdown and being approximately developed in ninety minutes as the many on-screen ticks clocks will check . While the filming the producer Carl Foreman is appointed for the Anti-US committee , being accused by communist activities and he then left the country as the starring Will Kane left Hadleyville . The motion picture contains an excellent cinematography by Floyd Crosby (Roger Corman's usual photographer) , though there is a horrible computer-colored version . The movie won Oscar , Academy Award , for the best actor Gary Cooper (his second Academy Award), Edition (Elmo Williams) and song (Ned Washington , Dimitri Tiomkin) , the famous : ¨Do not forsake me, Oh my darling¨ sung by singer Tex Ritter . Followed by a remake (1980) by Jerry Jameson with Lee Majors and David Carradine and another reboot (2000) by Rod Hardy with Tom Skerrit.
This classic western is plenty of suspense as the dreaded noon hour approaches and the protagonist realizes he must stand alone but his fellow town people for help , nobody is willing to help him . The narration is adjusted in real time , from the beginning , the wedding , until the final showdown and being approximately developed in ninety minutes as the many on-screen ticks clocks will check . While the filming the producer Carl Foreman is appointed for the Anti-US committee , being accused by communist activities and he then left the country as the starring Will Kane left Hadleyville . The motion picture contains an excellent cinematography by Floyd Crosby (Roger Corman's usual photographer) , though there is a horrible computer-colored version . The movie won Oscar , Academy Award , for the best actor Gary Cooper (his second Academy Award), Edition (Elmo Williams) and song (Ned Washington , Dimitri Tiomkin) , the famous : ¨Do not forsake me, Oh my darling¨ sung by singer Tex Ritter . Followed by a remake (1980) by Jerry Jameson with Lee Majors and David Carradine and another reboot (2000) by Rod Hardy with Tom Skerrit.