Take 1: High Noon is a parable about 1950s Red Scare and the rule of law. It’ also about 50-something Gary Cooper trying to take 20-something Grace Kelly to bed on their honeymoon.
Take 2: Young viewers may not understand the Red Scare metaphors of High Noon, but this hit from late Classical Hollywood is also a clinic in genre storytelling that ends with a solid gunfight.
–March 31, 2023
