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High noon / Stanley Kramer Productions presents a United Artists release ; screenplay by Carl Foreman ; directed by Fred Zinnemann.
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- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- High noon (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cunningham, John M., 1915-2002.
- Newlyweds.
- Gunfights.
- Sheriffs.
- West United States.
- Cunningham, John M., 1915-2002--Film adaptations.
- Cunningham, John M.
- Sheriffs--West (U.S.)--Drama.
- Gunfights--West (U.S.)--Drama.
- Newlyweds--West (U.S.)--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Film adaptations.
- Western films.
- Film adaptations. lcgft.
- DVD-Video discs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- 60th anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [St. Charles, Illinois] : Olive Films ; [Hollywood, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2014]
- Language Note:
- In English with some Spanish dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation; monaural.
- digital optical
- wide screen
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney, Henry Morgan, Ian MacDonald, Eve McVeagh, Morgan Farley, Harry Shannon, Lee van Cleef, Robert Wilke, Sheb Wooley.
- Credits:
- Production design by Rudolph Sternad ; music composed and directed by Dimitri Tiomkin ; ballad "High noon" by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington, sung by Tex Ritter ; director of photography, Floyd Crosby ; art director, Ben Hayne ; men's wardrobe, Joe King ; ladies' wardrobe, Ann Peck ; set decorations, Murray Waite ; film editor, Elmo Williams.
- Notes:
- Academy Award winner, 1952: Best actor (Gary Cooper) ; Best music, song ("High noon (Do not forsake me, oh my darlin') (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, Lyrics by Ned Washington) ; Best music, music score of a dramatic or comedy picture (Dimitri Tiomkin) ; Best film editing (Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad)
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
- Based on the magazine story: The tin star / John W. Cunningham.
- Bonus: The making of High Noon (narrated by Leonard Maltin; includes interviews with Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Kramer, Fred Zinnemann, John Ritter, David Crosby and Gary Cooper); Theatrical trailer.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9786314710248
- 6314710243
- OCLC:
- 795593771
- Publisher Number:
- 887090037006
- 00887090037006 gtin-14
- OF370 Olive Films
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