When Helen questions why Amy will not stay with Kane, she explains that both her brother and father were gunned down by criminals, a tragedy that compelled her to become a Quaker in the first place. Amy believes the reason Kane refuses to leave town is because he wants to protect her, but Helen reveals there is no lingering attachment on Kane's part and she, too, is leaving. While waiting at the hotel for the train, Amy confronts Helen Ramírez, who was once Miller's lover, then Kane's, then Pell's. Kane admires the boy's courage, but refuses his help. A final offer of aid comes from 14-year-old Johnny. Herb Baker agrees to be deputized, but backs out when he realizes he is the only volunteer. Martin Howe, Kane's predecessor, is too old and arthritic. The mayor encourages Kane to just leave town. Kane tells him he will call him and gives him money for a drink. Jimmy offers to help, but he is blind in one eye, sweating, and unsteady. Sam Fuller hides in his house, sending his wife Mildred to the door to tell Kane he is not home. Others are of the opinion that their tax money goes to support local law enforcement, and that the fight is not a posse's responsibility. Some are Miller's friends, but others resent that Kane cleaned up the town in the first place. Some townspeople, worried that a gunfight would damage the town's reputation, urge Kane to avoid the confrontation entirely. Kane's efforts to round up a posse at Ramírez's Saloon, and then the church, are met with fear and hostility. When Kane refuses, Pell turns in his badge and pistol. Harvey Pell, Kane's young deputy, is bitter that Kane did not recommend him as his successor he says he will stand with Kane only if Kane goes to the city fathers and "puts the word in" for him. Kane visits a series of old friends and allies, but none can or will help: Judge Percy Mettrick, who sentenced Miller, flees on horseback, and urges Kane to do the same. Amy gives Kane an ultimatum: she is leaving on the noon train, with or without him. Besides, he says, Miller and his gang would hunt him down anyway. Will Kane and Amy Fowler argue in the Marshal's officeįor Amy, a devout Quaker and pacifist, the solution is simple-leave town before Miller arrives-but Kane's sense of duty and honor make him stay. Miller's gang-his younger brother Ben, Jack Colby, and Jim Pierce-await his arrival at the train station. However, word arrives that Frank Miller, a vicious outlaw whom Kane sent to prison, has been released and will arrive by the noon train, one day ahead of the new marshal. The happy couple will soon depart for a new life: to raise a family and run a store in another town. In Hadleyville, a small town in New Mexico Territory, in 1898, Marshal Will Kane, newly married to Amy Fowler, prepares to retire. 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. 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, the NFR's first year of existence. The award-winning score was written by Russian-born composer Dimitri Tiomkin. 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) as well as four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting Actress, Score, and Black and White Cinematography). 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. 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.
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