High Noon (1952)

High Noon (1952)
Director: Fred Zinnemann 
==Plot Synopsis==
A town Marshal (Gary Cooper), despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.
==Male Deaths==
*Ian MacDonald [Frank Miller]
*Lee Van Cleef [Jack Colby]
*Robert J. Wilke [Jim Pierce]
*Sheb Wooley [Ben Miller]
==Female Deaths==
*None
==Trivia==
#In 1951, after 25 years in show business, Gary Cooper's professional reputation was in decline, and he was dropped from the "Motion Picture Herald's" list of the top-ten box-office performers. In the following year, he made a big comeback, at the age of 51, with this film.
#Lee Van Cleef was originally hired to play Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell. However, producer Stanley Kramer decided that his nose was too "hooked," which made him look like a villain, and told him to get it fixed. Van Cleef refused, and Lloyd Bridges got the part. Van Cleef was given the smaller role of gunman Jack Colby, one of the Miller gang.
#There was some question as to the casting of Gary Cooper, since he was 50 and Grace Kelly, playing his wife, was only 21, despite this being fairly commonplace for the period in which this film was set. Will Kane was only supposed to be about 30.
#When Gary Cooper won Best Actor. John Wayne accept it on his behalf because he was not present there.
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