High Noon - Original Trailer 1952

This Western classic stars Gary Cooper as Hadleyville marshal Will Kane, about to retire from office and go on his honeymoon with his new Quaker bride, Amy (Grace Kelly). But his happiness is short-lived when he is informed that the Miller gang, whose leader (Ian McDonald) Will had arrested, is due on the 12:00 train. Pacifist Amy urges Will to leave town and forget about the Millers, but this isn't his style; protecting Hadleyburg has always been his duty, and it remains so now. But when he asks for deputies to fend off the Millers, virtually nobody will stand by him. Chief Deputy Harvey Pell (Lloyd Bridges) covets Will's job and ex-mistress (Katy Jurado); his mentor, former lawman Martin Howe (Lon Chaney Jr.) is now arthritic and unable to wield a gun. Even Amy, who doesn't want to be around for her husband's apparently certain demise, deserts him. Meanwhile, the clocks tick off the minutes to High Noon -- the film is shot in "real time," so that its 85-minute length corresponds to the story's actual timeframe. Utterly alone, Kane walks into the center of town, steeling himself for his showdown with the murderous Millers. Considered a landmark of the "adult western," High Noon won four Academy Awards (including Best Actor for Cooper) and Best Song for the hit, "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" sung by Tex Ritter. The screenplay was written by Carl Foreman, whose blacklisting was temporarily prevented by star Cooper, one of Hollywood's most virulent anti-Communists. John Wayne, another notable showbiz right-winger and Western hero, was so appalled at the notion that a Western marshal would beg for help in a showdown that he and director Howard Hawks "answered" High Noon with Rio Bravo (1959). Gary Cooper - Will Kane Grace Kelly - Amy Kane Thomas Mitchell - Jonas Henderson Lloyd Bridges - Harvey Pell Katy Jurado - Helen Ramirez Otto Kruger - Percy Mettrick Lon Chaney, Jr. - Martin Howe Henry Morgan - Sam Fuller Ian MacDonald - Frank Miller Eve McVeagh - Mildred Fuller Morgan Farley - Minister Harry Shannon - Cooper Lee Van Cleef - Jack Colby Robert J. Wilke - James Pierce Sheb Wooley - Ben Miller Tom London - Sam Ted Stanhope - Station Master Larry Blake - Gillis Jeanne Blackford - Mrs. Henderson James Millican - Baker Cliff Clark - Weaver Ralph Reed - Johnny Lucien Prival - Bartender Guy Beach - Fred Howland Chamberlain - Hotel Clerk Virginia Christine - Mrs. Simpson Jack Elam - Charlie Paul Dubov - Scott Tim Graham - Sawyer Nolan Leary - Lewis Tom Greenway - Ezra Dick Elliott - Kibbee John Doucette - Trumbull Virginia Farmer - Mrs. Fletcher Harry Harvey - Coy William Newell - Jimmy William "Bill" Phillips - Barber