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Film · 1952 · Western
High Noon
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
1952
★ 7.5 editorial score
Written as an allegory about the blacklist by a man about to be blacklisted: a marshal has eighty-five minutes before the noon train, and the film runs them in step.
“Every five years or so, somebody — somebody of talent and taste, with a full appreciation of legend and a strong trace of poetry in their soul — scoops up a handful of clichés from the vast lore of Western films and turns them into a thrilling and inspiring work of art in this genre. Such a rare and exciting achievement is Stanley Kramer's production, "High Noon".”
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