High noon
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (84 min.) : digital, sound, color
remote - Publisher: [Hollywood, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
- Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: ♭2013
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the story: The tin star / John W. Cunningham. Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 1952. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; editor, Elmo Williams ; music, Dimitri Tiomkin. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Henry Morgan. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: Not rated. |
System Details Note: | Content available as a streaming video. |
Awards Note: | Academy Awards, 1953: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Cooper); Best Film Editing; Best Music, Original Song (Dimitri Tiomkin (music)), Ned Washington (lyrics) for the song "High noon (Do not forsake me, oh my darlin')"; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Golden Globes, 1953: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama (Gary Cooper); Best Motion Picture Score; Best Supporting Actress (Katy Jurado); Best Cinematography - Black and White National Film Registry selection, 1989 |
Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed Feb 25, 2015). |
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Subject: | Duty -- Drama Gunfights -- Drama Newlyweds -- Drama Revenge -- Drama Sheriffs -- West (U.S.) -- Drama |
Genre: | Streaming video. Feature films. Fiction films. Western films. |
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Summary:
Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen.