High Noon
The story of a man who was too proud to run!
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train.Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $8M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
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What It's About
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Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
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The record
Awards
4 wins · 6 nominations
Academy Awards
3 wins · 6 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Director
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
High Noon returned 11.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $730,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $8M
- Release date
- Jun 9, 1952
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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