High Noon

High Noon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Zinnemann
Screenplay by	Carl Foreman
Based on	"The Tin Star" 1947 short story in Collier's by John W. Cunningham
Produced by	Stanley Kramer (uncredited)
Starring	Gary Cooper Thomas Mitchell Lloyd Bridges Katy Jurado Grace Kelly Otto Kruger Lon Chaney Henry Morgan
Cinematography	Floyd Crosby
Edited by	Elmo Williams Harry W. Gerstad
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	Stanley Kramer Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	July 24, 1952 (1952-07-24)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$730,000[1]
Box office	$12 million[2]

High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. 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.

Though mired in controversy at the time of its release due to its political themes, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing, Score and Song)^[3] as well as four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting Actress, Score, and Black and White Cinematography).^[4] The award-winning score was written by Ukraine-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin.

High Noon was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1989.^[5][6] An iconic film whose story has been partly or completely repeated in later film productions, its ending in particular has inspired numerous later films, including but not just limited to westerns.