High Noon (1952)

[Edgy MD]

An old west marshall gets married and turns in his badge on the same day, only to realize the ruthless outlaw who once terrorized the town before being put away by said marshall has been released and appaears to be heading to town on the noon train to make good on a promise of revenge.

His friends --- Uncle Billy, Colonel Potter, and Izzy Mandelbaum among them --- tell him his job is done and he better just get on out of town, but his conscience makes him turn around. Despite the serious misgivings of his new Quaker bride, he seeks to round up a posse to confront the outlaw and his two sidekicks, and spends the late morning finding out who his friends really are. Tick, tick, tick...

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[Edgy MD]

That ballad was comically ubiquitous.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Watched it again last night. It was, I think, the third time I've seen it, perhaps the fourth. I suppose that it's one of those movies that get better with subsequent viewings, because I enjoyed it more this time than I have in the past. You're right about them overplaying the ballad, but boy, what a terrific movie it was. It looked especially beautiful in HD. Gary Cooper was probably never better.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Oh, and M*A*S*H's Harry Morgan, who had a role in High Noon, is still alive at 95.