Factual error: After Gary Cooper writes his last will and testament, he puts it into an envelope and licks it shut. Those kind of envelopes were invented about thirty years after the film takes place. (01:06:45)
High Noon (1952)
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Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Lloyd Bridges, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Thomas Mitchell
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Amy: Don't try to be a hero! You don't have to be a hero, not for me.
Trivia: Released during the height of Communist hysteria, the film is a thinly disguised indictment of McCarthyism. The cowardice of the townspeople represents the blacklisting that ruined careers and lives, particularly in Hollywood, all the while supposedly good people were afraid to do the right thing and stand up for those singled out for persecution.
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