| High Noon (1952),
				Director: Fred Zinnemann, rated PG 
				the story of a 
				man who was too proud to run! 
				
		  Starring: Gary 
				Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace 
				Kelly, Otto Kruger, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Morgan 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★★★ 
				- perfect 
				"You risk your skin 
				catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come 
				back and shoot at you again. 
				If you're honest you're poor your 
				whole life and in the end you wind up dying all alone on some 
				dirty street." - 
				Martin 
				Why watch this? 
				Watching Cooper act is like butter melting on a piece of 
				toast. 
				Plot Summary: 
				On the day of his wedding and retirement, Marshal Will Kane 
				learns that Frank Miller, an outlaw he sent to prison, has been 
				released and is returning on the noon train for revenge. Despite 
				his new wife's urging to leave, Kane feels a duty to stay and 
				confront the threat, but finds the townspeople, including his 
				deputies and friends, unwilling to help him. As the clock ticks 
				towards the inevitable showdown, Kane must grapple with the 
				decision to face Miller and his gang alone or abandon the town 
				that has abandoned him. Dad's Preview: 
				It had all the ear marks of a standard Western drama: a sheriff 
				has to stand against outlaws, backed by his deputies and 
				concerned citizens. Except that is not what happens. This 
				sheriff is forced to really stand alone. His friends and 
				deputies quit, one by one. Even his fiancé leaves him. Yet this 
				lawman, portrayed by the great Gary Cooper, knows he has to stay 
				- this is his job, and a man does his job. This simple plot 
				element makes this Western classic unique and 
				feel more real. 
				 Stanley Kramer 
				Productions; United Artists
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