

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $730K
- Box office
- $8M
- Language
- English
- small town
- gunslinger
- showdown
- fistfight
- u.s. marshal
- shootout
- morality
- black and white
- battle
- justice
- one against many
- quick draw
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York24 Jul 1952
- Theatrical30 Jul 1952
- TheatricalNRRe-release30 Apr 2004
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon1 May 1952
- TheatricalU9 Jun 1952
- Theatrical (limited)URe-release27 Feb 2013
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG12 Feb 1953
- PhysicalPGDVD2 Apr 2004
AustriaAT
- Theatrical126 Mar 1953
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)28 Nov 1952
BrazilBR
- Theatrical129 Jan 1953
CzechiaCZ
- Physical12+DVD31 May 2004
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1514 Nov 1952
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP26 Sept 1952
- TheatricalTPRe-release12 Dec 2012
- TVArte25 Nov 2019
- Digital / OTTArte•tv22 Jun 2026
- TVArte22 Jun 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany9 Jan 1953
- TheatricalEast Germany26 Nov 1965
- TheatricalEast Germany (Re-release)29 Apr 1977
- TVArte25 Nov 2019
- Digital / OTTArte•tv22 Jun 2026
- TVArte22 Jun 2026
GreeceGR
- PhysicalΚ-12DVD10 May 2004
- Theatrical (limited)Κ-12Re-release13 Aug 2020
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT121 Nov 2020
Frequently asked questions
High Noon was released on 9 June 1952.
Audience reviews
5- P8/10
Patrick E. Abe
9/30/2016
A masterpiece of tightly plotted drama/suspense in what would become The Adult Western. Normally, one is happiest on your wedding day, but former lawman Will Kane is troubled. An old nemesis is due on the noon train, and his gang is in town to meet him. He's sworn to kill the man who sent him to prison, so the expected action is to flee. But weighed down with a new bride and traveling in a buckboard, there's no c…
- J10/10
John Chard
5/3/2017
This is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere. Nothing that happens here is really important. Will Kane (Gary Cooper) is a retiring lawman all set to leave the town of Hadleyville with his new bride Amy (Grace Kelly). But word comes that a notorious gunslinger he put in prison has been released and is heading to town with his gang intent on bloody revenge. With a sense of fearless duty Kane decides …
- P9/10
Peter McGinn
8/1/2021
I am guessing that High Noon is one of those seminal films that influenced the western genre immensely for a long time. The fifties? That is back when we wanted our heroes to be heroic. No greed or cruelty or inconsistent morals were allowed. Marshall Will Kane states near the beginning that he has to stick around for the evil Frank Miller to show up. Then he admittedly has a bit of a wobble when it seems the whole t…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/2/2024
Gary Cooper is great in this tightly-packed revenge western. Newly married to "Amy" (the sparingly used but effective Grace Kelly) he has decided to stop being the town marshal and live a more peaceful life. It's on that very day, however, that he discovers that the outlaw "Miller" (Ian MacDonald), whom he sent to jail years earlier has been released and is heading back on the noon train to settle some old scores. "K…
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
2/10/2024
**When a film becomes a manifesto of political discontent.** Usually, we are used to seeing extremely virile western films, full of masculine strength and American pride. And in fact the “cowboy” is a symbol of American strength and persistence: he is a loner, individualist, independent, who faces the most arduous situations with tenacity and ingenuity. However, this film is much sadder and even darker: faced with…
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