Review of High Noon (1952) by Spangle — 01 Dec 2015

I love the way this film handled the antagonists, not really focusing on them and instead focusing on Will Kane and his efforts to fight them off by rallying support. High Noon loses much of its impact now because it has been copied so many times, but is still incredible.

Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly are fantastic and really dominate the screen. In addition, as I said, the aura created around the antagonists is great and gives them this larger than life feel that drives home why the townsfolk are so scared of him and his gang.

Overall, High Noon is a classic western that is expertly crafted and highly influential.