High Noon

1952 85 min Western, Drama, Thriller

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

IMDb 7.9 RT 94 Metacritic 89

budget $730,000 earnings $8,000,000 return 11.0x

director Fred Zinnemann

writers Carl Foreman, John W. Cunningham

cast