---
title: 'High Noon (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred Zinnemann'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-noon-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# High Noon (1952)

1952 · PG · 85 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, produced by Stanley Kramer, and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, and Otto Kruger. The screenplay by Carl Foreman is based on John W. Cunningham's short story "The Tin Star", first published in Collier's magazine in 1947. The plot, which occurs in real time, centers on a town marshal whose sense of duty is tested when he must decide to either face a gang of killers alone, or leave town with his new wife.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fred Zinnemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-zinnemann)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman)
- **Producer:** [Carl Foreman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-foreman), [Stanley Kramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kramer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Floyd Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/floyd-crosby)
- **Editor:** [Elmo Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmo-williams)

## Cast

- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Larry J. Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-j-blake)
- [Lee Aaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-aaker)
- [Harry Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-harvey)
- [Sheb Wooley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheb-wooley)
- [Chubby Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chubby-johnson)
- [Morgan Farley](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-farley)
- [Robert J. Wilke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-wilke)
- [Howland Chamberlain](https://cinepixo.com/people/howland-chamberlain)
- [Ian MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-macdonald)
- [John Doucette](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-doucette)
- [Thomas Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-mitchell)
- [Virginia Christine](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-christine)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Eve McVeagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/eve-mcveagh)

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