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A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride, a Quaker who is opposed to violence.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:High noon (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Republic Pictures Corporation, Republic Entertainment Inc
Other Authors: Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982, Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962, Bridges, Lloyd, Jurado, Katy, Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973, Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011, Van Cleef, Lee, 1925-1989, Zinnemann, Fred, 1907-1997, Foreman, Carl, Maltin, Leonard, Cunningham, John M.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:In English, with optional French and Spanish language tracks; subtitles available in French and Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Subjects:
Western films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride, a Quaker who is opposed to violence.
Item Description:Based on the magazine story: The tin star / by John W. Cunningham.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Special features: "The making of High noon" (22 min.): hosted by Leonard Maltin, including on-camera interviews and original theatrical trailer and production stills -- Chapter stop for Oscar-winning song "Do not forsake me, oh my darlin'".
Leaflet briefly discusses history of the movie and lists chapter index.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital; THX digitally mastered from the original film negative; single layer; aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (standard).
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1952: Best Actor (Gary Cooper), Best Editing (Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad), Best Score (Dimitri Tiomkin), Best Song (Ned Washington)
Production Credits:Fred Zinnemann, director ; Stanley Kramer, producer ; Carl Foreman, screenplay ; Dimitri Tiomkin, music.
ISBN:0782009972