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High Noon
1952
· Movie
· 85 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #354
- IMDb #444
- Google retired #1244
- Rotten Tomatoes #396
- Metacritic #164
- Letterboxd #625
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #535
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #669
- Metacritic Audience #279
- Criticker #266
- Douban #376
- Kinopoisk #1530
- AlloCiné #658
- Trakt #1092
Every rating
69–94
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the most agreed on films →A town marshal, just married and planning to retire, learns a notorious outlaw he sent to prison is returning on the noon train with his gang to kill him. He must assemble a posse, but finds the town he protected is unwilling to help, forcing him to face the killers alone.
Details
- Director
- Fred Zinnemann
- Writer
- Carl Foreman
- Studio
- Stanley Kramer Productions
- Released
- 9 June 1952
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $730.0K
- Box office
- $8.0M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 26 →9 major awards won · 16 wins from 26 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Actor | Gary Cooper | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Film Editing | Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Dimitri Tiomkin | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1952 | Best Song | " The Ballad of High Noon " Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1952 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Katy Jurado | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1952 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gary Cooper | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1952 | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Dimitri Tiomkin | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1952 | Best Cinematography – Black and White | Floyd Crosby | Winner |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Gary Cooper | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad | Winner |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Dimitri Tiomkin | Winner |
| Best Song | " The Ballad of High Noon " Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington | Winner |
| Best Director | Fred Zinnemann | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | Stanley Kramer | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Carl Foreman | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gary Cooper | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Black and White | Floyd Crosby | Winner |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Dimitri Tiomkin | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Katy Jurado | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Carl Foreman | Nominee |
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Katy Jurado | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Written American Drama | Carl Foreman | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Fred Zinnemann | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Fred Zinnemann | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
Bodil Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best American Film | Fred Zinnemann | Winner |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Film | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
Photoplay Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Popular Male Star | Gary Cooper | Winner |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations
| Best Classic DVD | Nominee | |
| Best DVD Extras | Nominee |
DVD Exclusive Awards
1 nomination
| Best Audio Commentary, Library Release | Nominee |