_High Noon_ was controversial at the time of its release due to the overt political themes. John Wayne was first offered the role of Will Kane but turned it down. Because the townspeople turn their backs on Kane, refusing to help defend their town, Wayne called it the most un-American script he'd ever read. Will Kane was played by Gary Cooper, one of Hollywood's greatest male stars. This was, as you can imagine, late in his career, but his performance earned him his second Best Actor Oscar. Amy Kane was played by Grace Kelly, one of the most beautiful women to ever appear in American films. Kelly was a favorite of Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in three films: _Dial M for Murder, Rear Window_ (with James Stewart), and _To Catch a Thief_ (with Cary Grant). While filming _To Catch a Thief_ on the French Riviera she met Prince Rainier of Monaco, who fell in love with her. One year later, 1956, they married. She retired from acting and became even more famous as Princess Grace. Katy Jurado who played Helen Ramirez won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, a rarity for a Mexican actor at the time. This was her first American film, and she learned English specifically for the role. Harvey was played by Lloyd Bridges, who would go on to have a long film and television career. You've seen him in _Airplane!_ He was the one who kept saying, "I guess I picked the wrong day to quit smoking... drinking... taking amphetamines... sniffing glue." He has two sons who are also actors, Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. Jeff Bridges played The Dude in _The Big Lebowski._ This was Lee Van Cleef's first movie.
The screenwriter was a left wing screenwriter who was in danger of being blacklisted but people like Gary Cooper, a lifelong Republican, defended him. People love this movie to this day from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton
@@captbunnykiller1.0 Realism would be those men wouldn't cower to a few thugs, Wayne was right. But in order to get suspense, sometime one man alone is needed. Its Hollywood. I never cared that much for Cooper, but I do like him in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Go figure, a comedy.
One of the greatest movies ever made. The shot where Kane steps into the street and the camera zooms in for a close up and then slowly backs away and lifts high into the air and shows him completely alone, is one of the most iconic shots in cinema history.
It's a metaphor for the Hollywood blacklist era. People who a day or even hours earlier were popular were suddenly abandoned by every fake "friend" and even every stranger.
the shot (or rather the edit) that impressed me the most, though I don't think I've heard anyone talk about it - is the edit from the church to the train tracks showing the incoming train for high noon, and the perspective of the church aisle aligns perfectly with the train tracks stretching towards the horizon.What would you even call that - compositional rhyming?
Tuco was played by Eli Wallach. Loved that guy. This was 1952, so long before the Man With No Name trilogy. Early 50's westerns were dominated by John Wayne (check out "The Searchers"). Gary Cooper was awesome, IRL he was a lanky cowboy from Montana, very rugged land. His BEST movie, well IMO, is "Sergeant York". Excellent actor.
Grace Kelly was a Quaker in this movie and Gary Cooper played a Quaker in "Sergeant York". Quakers are non-violent, so it was unexpected when Grace shoots one of the bad guys.
@creech54 I don't think, that Alivin York was a Quaker. He was just a serious Christian who interpreted war as being against the commandment. "Though shall not kill".
In 1979 my wife was a nurses aide for Slim Talbot, Talbot was the man in the barbers chair. Talbot made a career of being Gary Cooper's stunt double as he looked a lot like him. My wife just loved the old man.
Dawn, One reason that the tension works so well is that the film is in "real time", in the sense that at the beginning the clocks are showing 10.30 and exactly 90 minutes into the film they are showing 12.00,
Quakers, or Religious Society of Friends, are a set of Christian denominations that began during the English Civil War. They have a number of distinctive beliefs, the most important of which for this movie is their adherence to non-violence and pacifism. They had a rough time of it in England, with official State persecution in the Quaker Act of 1662 and others, so large numbers of them fled to North America. They had a rough time of it in the Colonies, too, being imprisoned, banished and executed by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony before settling in several of the northern colonies, especially Pennsylvania, which was founded by William Penn, a Quaker.
There's a really good movie featuring a Quaker family and community, starring Gary Cooper here, called The Friendly Persuasion. It's set during the American Civil War (1861-65). Quakers were also known as Friends.
The Quakers were anti slavery and some participated in the Underground Railroad. I wonder if their vocal stance against slavery is one of the reasons they had be persecuted.
Grace Kelly was one of the most beautiful creatures to ever walk the earth. High recommend you to watch Rear Window. She and Jimmy Stewart in my favorite Hitchcock film
This film was written by Karl Foreman, a Blacklisted writer who fled to England where he became a Producer for such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai. High Noon is an Allegory about effect of the Blacklist.
It's "Carl" Foreman, but yes. It's an allegory about how the bullies came and too many in Hollywood sold out their friends rather than take a stand. Notably Ronald Reagan, who was the President of the Screen Actors Guild, but "named names" and let McCarthy smear others, ruining careers and even lives. Walt Disney, who arguably started the whole problem by blaming "Communists" for an animators' strike in 1941, also testified about "the Communist menace", feeding McCarthy's publicity-hungry campaign to blacklist performers. (In fact, the animators were simply on strike because Disney was a cheapskate and a jerk.)
If you liked his wife (Grace Kelly), consider watching my favorite of her movies: Rear Window. A great suspense movie also starring Jimmy Stewart and directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
It is so cool how you like westerns. A couple of good ones you might like are "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Clint Eastwood movie) and "Shane" (with an ending that leaves you guessing).
This is the movie that's referenced in "Die Hard" when Jon McClane and Hans Gruber (Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman) banter about Gary Cooper riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.
The second actor shown is Sheb Wooley, a regular on Rawhide and Hee-Haw who appeared in tons of westerns usually in small parts (sometimes without any lines) and was the voice behind the Wilhelm Scream heard in all the classic Stars Wars and Indiana Jones films. Wooley was also a musician whose biggest claim to fame is his #1 song, "Purple People Eater." He can be spotted in The Outlaw Josey Wales as one of the town's residents in the last third of the movie.
Lee van Cleef spent most of the 50s standing behind western villains looking mean before getting shot by the hero. He was literally penniless and looking for a job after quitting acting when in 1965 a tubby little Italian who spoke no English turned up at his flat with a suitcase full of cash wanting him to appear in a cowboy film with Clint Eastwood... My "OMG there's one already" moment is at 13:27 when none other than Scarlett O'Hara's dad starts lecturing the town's people :o)
Hey Dawn, you reacted to Die Hard with Bruce Willis. Well, High Noon is the movie that inspired the makers of Die Hard. There even is a line in Die Hard where the bad guy mistakenly references John Wayne riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelly. Bruce immediately points out that it was Gary Cooper. High Noon wasn't mentioned so now you know what that was all about.
A timeless allegory of a good man facing the odds in spite of those who defied him. Of the times too - the '50s w/the McCarthy era of 'the Red Scare' (The Communist Witch Hunt by Sen. Joe McCarthy). Gary Cooper was of the strong silent type and his stoicism truly shows still waters run deep in this classic Western. Some fun facts: the gent he tussles w/in the barn was Lloyd Bridges - father of Jeff & Beau; Harry Morgan - Col. Potter of M*A*S*H has a small role & horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. (THE WOLFMAN) has a small put pivotal role. Nice job Dawn :D
@@brycehiigel235 One of my favorite movies...and the origin of Woody from "Toy Story", of course named after Woody Strode. Although not celebrated like Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode played professional football a year before Jackie "broke the color barrier". In those days, baseball was far more popular.
Dimitri Tiomkin's score is really great, other movies with an iconic theme music before "High Noon" are Carol Reed's "The Third Man" and of course Fritz Lang's "M".
Gary Cooper's first movie was the silent film "Wings," he had a very short part. My favorite Gary Cooper films were "Ball of Fire" with Barbara Stanwyck, "Meet John Doe," also with Stanwyck, and "Mr. Deeds goes to Town," with Jean Arthur.
I’m glad someone mentioned Ball of Fire, it’s my favourite Gary Cooper film too. I would love to see a Dawn reaction to it. I recon she’d have a blast.
The second guy after Lee Van Cleef that you didn't recognize is Sheb Wooley. Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley was an American singer, songwriter, actor and comedian. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder.
In 1952 October we moved to California from Chicago and in February of 1953 I saw this movie in my first drive-in theater in Burbank CA and I never forgot that experience to this day. To be in the state where the cowboy movies were filmed 👩🏻🌾
The Mayor, by the way, is Thomas Mitchell: you know him as Uncle Billy from "It's a Wonderful Life": he's one of those really wonderful character actors who show up in lots of movies, and who always make that move better by being there. Helen Ramirez is played by Katy Jurado, a Mexican actress who learned to speak English for this movie. One of my favorite characters in the story. Kudos for recognizing Lee van Cleef!!!!
The old guy sitting down in the rocking chair, was Lon Chaney Jr. He and his dad were among the earliest of Hollywood royalty. His dad started in silent movies, and did everything with expressions hand gestures and a toolbox of makeup bits. Arguably the greatest actor ever. Even made an honorary marine and buried in a Marine cemetery, for his amazing role in a movie called I think, the D.I. or Drill Instructor!
I think its great that you show such interest in westerns, been loving your choices and re-actions! Now its time to re-act to one of the best westerns ever made, my all time favorite, "Lonesome Dove"
"High Noon" had an amazing cast. Dawn Marie, you saw Gary Cooper's wife before, she is Grace Kelly, and she played Jimmy Stewart's girl friend in "Rear Window". You got Lee Van Cleef, and the other Bad Guy, Pierce, was played by the guy who challenged James Coburn to a duel between a gun and a knife in "The Magnificent Seven", but I forget his name. Also, the old Sheriff Cooper tried to recruit was Lon Chaney, Jr., who played The Wolf Man, in the early Universal Studios Horror movies. Also, Harry Morgan, the guy who was hiding from Cooper, played Colonel Potter on the TV show "MASH", and he was also on the TV show "Dragnet".
3:44--Lloyd Bridges (Jeff Bridges' father) from the TV show Sea Hunt 10:40--Harry Morgan (Col. Potter) from the TV show MASH 13:31--Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy Bailey) from the movie It's a Wonderful Life 14:31--Lon Chaney Jr. (son of Sr)
It is so refreshing to watch your reaction videos Dawn Marie! So proud of you that you're willing to watch black & white movies. I know too many young people who just dismiss it because it's b&w. Keep up the good work!!
One of my favorite things is that if you count up all the men who almost helped you get to about a dozen guys, there’s his deputy, the guy who volunteered, the three guys he sent the kid to find, 5 guys who immediately jumped up to help him at the church and then throw in couple from the bar and yeah he’d have like 11-12 guys backing him up.
Okay Dawn, now that you've seen a few American made westerns and a few Italian made(spaghetti) westerns, which do you like better, there is still one awesome spaghetti western left, "Once Upon a Time in the West" it has a great cast, great music, amazing scenery and a little bit more of a complicated plot, with a very satisfying ending.
Dawn, Gary Cooper was in the silent movie, "Wings", early in his career. It's a great film which won the first Best Picture Academy Award. He doesn't star in it but has a brief, but significant role.
The lead actor in this movie was Gary Cooper, a huge Hollywood star back in the day. Another movie with Cooper you might like is Sergeant York. A true story about the most decorated American soldier of WWI. Well written and well acted.
You should see some westerns that are comedies also. BEFORE Blazing Saddles. Support Your Local Sheriff [1969] is funny as hell, with James Garner. It also has Harry Morgan in it, who was in this movie, and Walter Brennan, Bruce Dern [the jail no bars scene cracks me up every time with Bruce]. And the drunk in the jail cell in High Noon, Jack Elam [that guy was always funny as hell].
A similar type of suspense movie, although only western for being set in a remote post-WWII town in the west, "Bad Day at Black Rock' is another less known great.
A couple of other classics from that era with similar pacing are Shane with Alan Ladd, and The Big Country with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston. And an even older one from the 1940s is Angel and the Badman with John Wayne. All three among my favorite westerns.
watching this on TV in 1972, Kane give a speech before he through his badge on the ground, if I rember correctly, absolutly loved this movie, was singing the theme song for days,
Loved your reaction to this classic western! So glad you are taking the time to investigate these old classics. They are truly nuggets of gold! Worth watching! Two suggestions for you to consider: First, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window pairs Grace Kelly (the wife in this movie) with Jimmy Stewart (you saw him in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence) and second another Alfred Hitchcock movie "Dial M for Murder". It stars Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. It's a murder suspense movie set in London.
This is my favourite western of all time. Even my school teacher used to rave about it. You did another fantastic reaction too - you really get involved in the action and with the characters.
The cinematography was done by Floyd Crosby, already an Oscar winner for another film 2 decades before. He was nominated for this one...Floyd was the father of the recent late David Crosby of the singing group Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Floyd captured Cooper's eyes and facial expressions beautifully for full effect of the story as well movement of the wife's wagon out of town from both perspectives, the moment where Cooper, standing in the middle of the street, realizes this is it, he's alone. Floyd pans the cameras away and up, adding to the intensity and helplessness...and the constant looking at the clock, speeded up just before the noon train arrives. Great editing. The musical score for the film, by Dimitri Tiomkin, was brilliant.
I’m a big movie buff but I had no idea about the father-son relationship between Floyd & David Crosby. Just the kind of movie trivia I love. Thanks for the info !!
In answer to your query regarding Quakers, "Thee" may find enlightenment in another Western called Friendly Persuasion also starring Gary Cooper (the Marshall in High Noon) and also regarded as one of the greatest Westerns of all time.
Amy being Quaker meant two things in this movie. Quakers don't have the same kinds of wedding ceremony, and many sects of Christianity didn't approve of them, so she might not have been welcome in church. Secondly, Quakers are pacifists, so she couldn't approve of him continuing to be sheriff.
One of the finest westerns ever made, a very very fine movie in its own right. Will Kane's wife...Amy (Grace Kelly) actually married the prince of the Principality of Monaco, becoming Princess Grace, of Monaco (yes she did!). Katy Jurado delivered one of the best lines (in movie history, in my opinion), when she told deputy marshall Pell: “I don't like anybody to put his hands on me unless I want him to, and I don't like you to, anymore", she said it with soo much conviction. Anyway thank you Dawn Marie for watching and reacting to this movie. Another great western movie to watch and to react to is: "The Searchers", the greatest western movie in my very humble opinion. Give it a view please!
Grace Kelly, the beautiful and much younger wife, is in Rear Window, my favourite Hitchcock film, with James Stewart, and a couple of other good Hitchcocks too, Dial M for Murder and To Catch a Thief. She was his favourite actress. This was the very beginning of her career. She retired from movies to marry a prince.
Someone else mentioned it here but I will second the recommendation: watch once "Upon a Time in the West." Charles Bronson stars. He was also one of the Magnificent Seven! This is the only movie where Henry Fonda ever played a "bad guy."
BTW, the actress in this, Grace Kelly, only made a handful of films. In 1956 she gave up her career to marry the king of Monaco, & became Princess Grace. Rather like Megan Markle.
The guy at the start of the movie with Lee Van Cleef was Sheb Wooley,who starred with Clint Eastwood in the tv western Rawhide ,some years before the Dollars movies..
21:10 "Oh, he just looks so old and frail right now." Because of the difference in age between Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, some people wanted to use make up to make Cooper look younger, but in retrospect, Cooper's age served the visual storytelling by making him look more stressed and vulnerable as noon approached.
A few years after this movie Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became a real princess. Gary Cooper was in "Pride of the Yankees", "Sergeant York", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and a lot of great movies. Singing cowboy Tex Ritter sang the theme song. His son John Ritter was in Three's Company in the 1970's.
My goodness Dawn ,every time I think you couldn't be cute to the 10th power, you exceed my expectations. You're very astute in what you watch, even when there's times you don't understand. I have resigned myself to watch and enjoy whatever you post 😉 ❤
Others have given details about the main cast so here's a few other details? Along with Lee Van Cleef,the gang were Sheb Wooley(Miller's brother)who starred as Pete Nolan in the classic western series 'Rawhide' with Clint Eastwood. He was also a prolific singer and writer who created the famous character 'The Purple People Eater'. Robert J.Wilkie who had the gun/knife fight with James Coburn in 'The Magnificent Seven'. Ian McDonald played Frank Miller. The former marshall was played by Lon Chaney Jnr who was famous for playing The Wolf Man as well as Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy. Harry Morgan(husband who hid from Kane)went on to be in MASH. Theme song was sung by country artist Tex Ritter who's son was actor John Ritter. Frankie Laine is also known for singing High Noon as well as loads of famous Western themes including 'Rawhide' '3.10 to Yuma' and 'Champion The Wonder Horse' 😊
Amazing classic High Noon starring by Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Lee Van Cleef and music score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Thank you Dawn Marie great reaction excellent. 🎵 Do not Forsake me oh my Darlin 🎵
Grace Kelley married Prince Rainer and became the Princess of Monaco. The Mayor, Thomas Mitchell, was Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life Sam Fuller, Harry Morgan, was Cnl Potter in MASH The title song is sung by B-movie western star Tex Ritter (actor John Ritter's father) The Old Sheriff was Lon Cheney
The female lead was Grace Kelly who left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco and become Her Royal highness Princess Grace of Monaco. Gary Cooper won his second Oscar for this movie. He was one of the great Hollywood Stars of the Golden era.
This movie was a favorite of many American presidents who identified with story of someone who has to stand alone while everybody who said they'd stand with him abandons him. Pres. Bill Clinton screened it sixteen times at the Whire House.
You seem to be developing a taste for classic westerns. High Noon and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance are two great films! Here's two more. They're both black and white and happen to star John Wayne. The first is often considered the first great American western. It's John Ford's 1939 Stagecoach. The next is The Angel and The Bad Man. I was in about the second grade in 1957 when I thought Gail Russell would be like the woman I would grow up to marry. My first movie crush. Both movies have great stories and great performances. Thanks for giving classic Westerns the appreciation they deserve!
An amazing film: timeless ❤. Please note: the last hour corresponds to 1 hour of run time (likely very difficult to plan!) Grace Kelly left Hollywood (after a brilliant career,) to become the princess of Monaco. ( a bad deal for her; she had to pay Him to get married!). The subtext of this film the “McCarthy hearings.) Around 1950 a Senate called McCarthy , a right -wing Zealot, started making up numbers like “we have 57 communists in the federal government,” and he had no evidence. They did find a couple, but ruined the lives of many including men in government and several Hollywood actors 😢
I was five when this first come out have seen it many times i also love the title song, his wife in the movie was Grace Kelly it was her second movie also starred Katy Jurado had a crush on her, 71 year goes so quickly. Peace out.
The guy who's playing Harvey, his name is Lloyd Bridges. He's the father of Jeff Bridges, Jeff Bridges was the star of the movie that you watched, The Big Lebowski.
Gary Cooper is a Hollywood legend, and one of the greatest actors that ever lived. He made so many great movies it's hard to really pick his greatest role ever but this may be it.
Now you need to watch Clint Eastwood's alternative version of this: High Plains Drifter (1972) Gary Cooper had been in movies since the silent film era. check him out in: Wings (1927) For an earlier western watch him in: The Westerner (1940) To find out what a Quaker is watch Gary in: Friendly Persuasion (1956) (or John Wayne in: Angel an the Badman (1947)) One of Cooper's best films: Sergeant York (1941) a fun Gary Cooper film with Barbara Stanwyck: Ball of Fire: (1941)
Grace Kelly was America's princess, Princess Grace of Monaco. She grew up posh in Philadelphia society but wanted to be an actress. She was sooo sexy in "To Catch a Theif" set in Monaco.
Eli Wallach is the other actor you were thinking of; so many Mexican friends of mine in the '70s swore he was half Mexican, as well as Charles Bronson (because they were so popular south of the US border). The Marshall's wife in this one is played by Grace Kelly before she became Princess Grace. Her best film was a Hitchcock Classic- TO CATCH A THIEF (Paramount Pictures, 1955), a real suspense thriller and my favorite. HIGH NOON is a true Western classic, and Gary Cooper was the best choice to play the Marshall. He was a real Montana ranch cowboy who became an actor after first working as a stunt rider and wrangler in silent films. My favorite film of his is SERGEANT. YORK (Warner Bros., 1941), where he plays the World War One hero Alvin C. York. Both are worthy of your reactions!
I didn't remember that Lloyd Bridges(Harvey Pell) was in this. I first saw him as the star of "Sea Hunt." His sons Jeff and Beau are also actors. Jeff has starred in westerns, including the remake of "True Grit." Harry Morgan is probably best known as Colonel Potter on the TV series, "Mash."
I was getting tense just watch Dawn getting tense. 😄 I recognized some of the minor actors who were really young in this movie. Harry Morgan from Dragnet and MASH (colonel Potter), Lloyd Bridges Airplane. Both had long careers but I only knew them for their later work. Despite the movie being tame for today's standards still a satisfying movie.
This was not some typical Western, but a more psychological thriller for how it keeps you afraid for every minute passing. Each passing moment and more of the capable or upright citizens running or hiding. It's an intense classic.
The scene where he throws his badge to the ground, is one of the greatest "F-you" moments in cinema history.
Take this job and shove it : Johnny Paycheck
Yes biggest middle finger shown without actually using the finger . Besides, there were too many people to slug in the mouth lol
I love the end of Dirty Harry where Callahan does the same thing, mostly for the same reasons.
The way Kane looks at the crowd before he throws down badge.
Actress playing wife became Princess grace of Monaco.
_High Noon_ was controversial at the time of its release due to the overt political themes. John Wayne was first offered the role of Will Kane but turned it down. Because the townspeople turn their backs on Kane, refusing to help defend their town, Wayne called it the most un-American script he'd ever read.
Will Kane was played by Gary Cooper, one of Hollywood's greatest male stars. This was, as you can imagine, late in his career, but his performance earned him his second Best Actor Oscar.
Amy Kane was played by Grace Kelly, one of the most beautiful women to ever appear in American films. Kelly was a favorite of Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in three films: _Dial M for Murder, Rear Window_ (with James Stewart), and _To Catch a Thief_ (with Cary Grant). While filming _To Catch a Thief_ on the French Riviera she met Prince Rainier of Monaco, who fell in love with her. One year later, 1956, they married. She retired from acting and became even more famous as Princess Grace.
Katy Jurado who played Helen Ramirez won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, a rarity for a Mexican actor at the time. This was her first American film, and she learned English specifically for the role.
Harvey was played by Lloyd Bridges, who would go on to have a long film and television career. You've seen him in _Airplane!_ He was the one who kept saying, "I guess I picked the wrong day to quit smoking... drinking... taking amphetamines... sniffing glue." He has two sons who are also actors, Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. Jeff Bridges played The Dude in _The Big Lebowski._
This was Lee Van Cleef's first movie.
The screenwriter was a left wing screenwriter who was in danger of being blacklisted but people like Gary Cooper, a lifelong Republican, defended him. People love this movie to this day from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton
From what has been learned about Wayne over the years, that's rich coming from him. A real douche bag.
True ,americans were known for gunning down the dalton gang,when they robbed a bank,there's a famous photo of the dead men posed .
John Wayne and this movie: Idealism and realism don't mix well and that's okay.
@@captbunnykiller1.0 Realism would be those men wouldn't cower to a few thugs, Wayne was right. But in order to get suspense, sometime one man alone is needed. Its Hollywood. I never cared that much for Cooper, but I do like him in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Go figure, a comedy.
One of the greatest movies ever made. The shot where Kane steps into the street and the camera zooms in for a close up and then slowly backs away and lifts high into the air and shows him completely alone, is one of the most iconic shots in cinema history.
It's a metaphor for the Hollywood blacklist era. People who a day or even hours earlier were popular were suddenly abandoned by every fake "friend" and even every stranger.
When the camera pans out and rises up...the camera goes too high and you can see telephone poles and lines that were outside the studio lot!!!😅😅😅
the shot (or rather the edit) that impressed me the most, though I don't think I've heard anyone talk about it - is the edit from the church to the train tracks showing the incoming train for high noon, and the perspective of the church aisle aligns perfectly with the train tracks stretching towards the horizon.What would you even call that - compositional rhyming?
Tuco was played by Eli Wallach. Loved that guy. This was 1952, so long before the Man With No Name trilogy. Early 50's westerns were dominated by John Wayne (check out "The Searchers"). Gary Cooper was awesome, IRL he was a lanky cowboy from Montana, very rugged land. His BEST movie, well IMO, is "Sergeant York". Excellent actor.
I concur York is one of my favorites of all time. ❤
I agree with both selections 😊
Grace Kelly was a Quaker in this movie and Gary Cooper played a Quaker in "Sergeant York". Quakers are non-violent, so it was unexpected when Grace shoots one of the bad guys.
@@creech54 she killed to save a life
@creech54 I don't think, that Alivin York was a Quaker. He was just a serious Christian who interpreted war as being against the commandment. "Though shall not kill".
The Deputy Lloyd Bridges was also the air traffic controller that had so much trouble maintaining his sobriety in AIRPLANE
@Paul Jett He picked the wrong day to give up...
Yeah I keep expecting him to turn to the camera and announce _look like I picked the wrong week to quite drinking_
Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, loved that as a cub.
One of the cool things about this movie is that it takes place in real time.
In 1979 my wife was a nurses aide for Slim Talbot, Talbot was the man in the barbers chair. Talbot made a career of being Gary Cooper's stunt double as he looked a lot like him. My wife just loved the old man.
Dawn, One reason that the tension works so well is that the film is in "real time", in the sense that at the beginning the clocks are showing 10.30 and exactly 90 minutes into the film they are showing 12.00,
Quakers, or Religious Society of Friends, are a set of Christian denominations that began during the English Civil War. They have a number of distinctive beliefs, the most important of which for this movie is their adherence to non-violence and pacifism. They had a rough time of it in England, with official State persecution in the Quaker Act of 1662 and others, so large numbers of them fled to North America. They had a rough time of it in the Colonies, too, being imprisoned, banished and executed by the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony before settling in several of the northern colonies, especially Pennsylvania, which was founded by William Penn, a Quaker.
There's a really good movie featuring a Quaker family and community, starring Gary Cooper here, called The Friendly Persuasion. It's set during the American Civil War (1861-65). Quakers were also known as Friends.
The Quakers were anti slavery and some participated in the Underground Railroad. I wonder if their vocal stance against slavery is one of the reasons they had be persecuted.
@@mildredpierce4506 study the English Civil War. Give you background on the puritans and the quakers, including their conflicts.
"Outland" (1981) starring Sean Connery is a science fiction remake of "High Noon." You might want to check it out when you're in a sci-fi mood.
"I'd like it really soon, or I might just kick your nasty ass around this room. That's a marshal joke."
It's a good story about personal integrity. To keep doing the right thing even though everyone is against you. Plus the theme music is the best.
Grace Kelly was one of the most beautiful creatures to ever walk the earth. High recommend you to watch Rear Window. She and Jimmy Stewart in my favorite Hitchcock film
Gary Cooper was a major movie star. He won the Oscar for this movie, his second, and was nominated three other times.
This film was written by Karl Foreman, a Blacklisted writer who fled to England where he became a Producer for such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai. High Noon is an Allegory about effect of the Blacklist.
It's "Carl" Foreman, but yes. It's an allegory about how the bullies came and too many in Hollywood sold out their friends rather than take a stand. Notably Ronald Reagan, who was the President of the Screen Actors Guild, but "named names" and let McCarthy smear others, ruining careers and even lives.
Walt Disney, who arguably started the whole problem by blaming "Communists" for an animators' strike in 1941, also testified about "the Communist menace", feeding McCarthy's publicity-hungry campaign to blacklist performers. (In fact, the animators were simply on strike because Disney was a cheapskate and a jerk.)
If you liked his wife (Grace Kelly), consider watching my favorite of her movies: Rear Window. A great suspense movie also starring Jimmy Stewart and directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
Yes, Dawn Marie will love Rear Window!
Love the reactions! Your reviews are a great escape from this upside down world we live in. Thank you very much for what you do
"What's a Quaker?"(12:00). Definitely something you ought to look up, Dawn Marie. It will help you understand Grace Kelly's pacifism.
It's one of the climactic aspects of the film, that a quaker abandons her belief in non-violence for the sake of her husband.
Great reaction, Dawn!! Gary Cooper won his second Academy Award for Best Actor for this film. He died from cancer in 1961.
A modern twist on this was the movie "Outland" with Sean Connery as the Marshal on Saturn's moon, Titan.
It is so cool how you like westerns. A couple of good ones you might like are "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Clint Eastwood movie) and "Shane" (with an ending that leaves you guessing).
I am at work and having a hard day. I just need to see Dawn Marie smile to cheer me up a little. That's all I ask.
This is the movie that's referenced in "Die Hard" when Jon McClane and Hans Gruber (Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman) banter about Gary Cooper riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelly.
The second actor shown is Sheb Wooley, a regular on Rawhide and Hee-Haw who appeared in tons of westerns usually in small parts (sometimes without any lines) and was the voice behind the Wilhelm Scream heard in all the classic Stars Wars and Indiana Jones films. Wooley was also a musician whose biggest claim to fame is his #1 song, "Purple People Eater."
He can be spotted in The Outlaw Josey Wales as one of the town's residents in the last third of the movie.
Lee van Cleef spent most of the 50s standing behind western villains looking mean before getting shot by the hero. He was literally penniless and looking for a job after quitting acting when in 1965 a tubby little Italian who spoke no English turned up at his flat with a suitcase full of cash wanting him to appear in a cowboy film with Clint Eastwood...
My "OMG there's one already" moment is at 13:27 when none other than Scarlett O'Hara's dad starts lecturing the town's people :o)
Hey Dawn, you reacted to Die Hard with Bruce Willis. Well, High Noon is the movie that inspired the makers of Die Hard. There even is a line in Die Hard where the bad guy mistakenly references John Wayne riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelly. Bruce immediately points out that it was Gary Cooper. High Noon wasn't mentioned so now you know what that was all about.
A timeless allegory of a good man facing the odds in spite of those who defied him. Of the times too - the '50s w/the McCarthy era of 'the Red Scare' (The Communist Witch Hunt by Sen. Joe McCarthy). Gary Cooper was of the strong silent type and his stoicism truly shows still waters run deep in this classic Western. Some fun facts: the gent he tussles w/in the barn was Lloyd Bridges - father of Jeff & Beau; Harry Morgan - Col. Potter of M*A*S*H has a small role & horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. (THE WOLFMAN) has a small put pivotal role. Nice job Dawn :D
High Noon has my vote for one of the top three greatest westerns ever made.
You can't go wrong with John Ford westerns! The Searchers, My Clementine, Rio Grande, Sergeant Rutledge, The Horse Soldiers, and many many more 😊
Sergeant Rutledge is very underrated. Well before it’s time with the story told.
@@brycehiigel235 One of my favorite movies...and the origin of Woody from "Toy Story", of course named after Woody Strode.
Although not celebrated like Jackie Robinson, Woody Strode played professional football a year before Jackie "broke the color barrier". In those days, baseball was far more popular.
And don't forget she wore a yellow ribbon 🎗️
@@MikeBarratt-lk3gt it's a very long list Mike 😁
Classic! The first film with an actual musical theme, before this there was just incidental music.
And the song became iconic.
Dimitri Tiomkin's score is really great, other movies with an iconic theme music before "High Noon" are Carol Reed's "The Third Man" and of course Fritz Lang's "M".
Gary Cooper's first movie was the silent film "Wings," he had a very short part. My favorite Gary Cooper films were "Ball of Fire" with Barbara Stanwyck, "Meet John Doe," also with Stanwyck, and "Mr. Deeds goes to Town," with Jean Arthur.
I’m glad someone mentioned Ball of Fire, it’s my favourite Gary Cooper film too. I would love to see a Dawn reaction to it. I recon she’d have a blast.
The second guy after Lee Van Cleef that you didn't recognize is Sheb Wooley. Shelby Fredrick "Sheb" Wooley was an American singer, songwriter, actor and comedian. He recorded a series of novelty songs including the 1958 hit rock and roll comedy single "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder.
He was also a regular in TV's "Rawhide".
The other guy is Robert wilke
It's good to see an old classic is still a classic.
In 1952 October we moved to California from Chicago and in February of 1953 I saw this movie in my first drive-in theater in Burbank CA and I never forgot that experience to this day. To be in the state where the cowboy movies were filmed 👩🏻🌾
The Mayor, by the way, is Thomas Mitchell: you know him as Uncle Billy from "It's a Wonderful Life": he's one of those really wonderful character actors who show up in lots of movies, and who always make that move better by being there.
Helen Ramirez is played by Katy Jurado, a Mexican actress who learned to speak English for this movie. One of my favorite characters in the story.
Kudos for recognizing Lee van Cleef!!!!
The old guy sitting down in the rocking chair, was Lon Chaney Jr. He and his dad were among the earliest of Hollywood royalty. His dad started in silent movies, and did everything with expressions hand gestures and a toolbox of makeup bits. Arguably the greatest actor ever. Even made an honorary marine and buried in a Marine cemetery, for his amazing role in a movie called I think, the D.I. or Drill Instructor!
The deputy, Harvey, is Jeff Lebowski's dad. The Dude himself. (And he picked a hell of a week to quit smoking.)
I think its great that you show such interest in westerns, been loving your choices and re-actions! Now its time to re-act to one of the best westerns ever made, my all time favorite, "Lonesome Dove"
"High Noon" had an amazing cast. Dawn Marie, you saw Gary Cooper's wife before, she is Grace Kelly, and she played Jimmy Stewart's girl friend in "Rear Window". You got Lee Van Cleef, and the other Bad Guy, Pierce, was played by the guy who challenged James Coburn to a duel between a gun and a knife in "The Magnificent Seven", but I forget his name. Also, the old Sheriff Cooper tried to recruit was Lon Chaney, Jr., who played The Wolf Man, in the early Universal Studios Horror movies. Also, Harry Morgan, the guy who was hiding from Cooper, played Colonel Potter on the TV show "MASH", and he was also on the TV show "Dragnet".
A very young Grace Kelly, who also stars alongside James Stewart in 'Rear Window', a must see Hitchcock film!
LOL line: "She looks a little like Elvis"
She dated Elvis.
3:44--Lloyd Bridges (Jeff Bridges' father) from the TV show Sea Hunt
10:40--Harry Morgan (Col. Potter) from the TV show MASH
13:31--Thomas Mitchell (Uncle Billy Bailey) from the movie It's a Wonderful Life
14:31--Lon Chaney Jr. (son of Sr)
It is so refreshing to watch your reaction videos Dawn Marie! So proud of you that you're willing to watch black & white movies. I know too many young people who just dismiss it because it's b&w. Keep up the good work!!
Sheb Wooley portrayed one of Frank Millers gang members. He was in a bunch of westerns and sang the novelty song "Purple People Eater".
One of my favorite things is that if you count up all the men who almost helped you get to about a dozen guys, there’s his deputy, the guy who volunteered, the three guys he sent the kid to find, 5 guys who immediately jumped up to help him at the church and then throw in couple from the bar and yeah he’d have like 11-12 guys backing him up.
Okay Dawn, now that you've seen a few American made westerns and a few Italian made(spaghetti) westerns, which do you like better, there is still one awesome spaghetti western left, "Once Upon a Time in the West" it has a great cast, great music, amazing scenery and a little bit more of a complicated plot, with a very satisfying ending.
Agreed! Excellent movie.
Absolutely! Right from the opening scene it's an amazing movie!
Dawn, Gary Cooper was in the silent movie, "Wings", early in his career. It's a great film which won the first Best Picture Academy Award. He doesn't star in it but has a brief, but significant role.
The lead actor in this movie was Gary Cooper, a huge Hollywood star back in the day. Another movie with Cooper you might like is Sergeant York. A true story about the most decorated American soldier of WWI. Well written and well acted.
The deputy ,played by Lloyd Bridges ,was Jeff Bridges dad,and had a very successful tv and movie career...
You should see some westerns that are comedies also. BEFORE Blazing Saddles. Support Your Local Sheriff [1969] is funny as hell, with James Garner. It also has Harry Morgan in it, who was in this movie, and Walter Brennan, Bruce Dern [the jail no bars scene cracks me up every time with Bruce]. And the drunk in the jail cell in High Noon, Jack Elam [that guy was always funny as hell].
The one told to "grow up" is Lloyd Bridges (father of Jeff Bridges of "The Big Lebowski").
I read somewhere that beau and Jeff bridges were in the hayloft during the fight scene between kane and Harvey (Lloyd Bridges)
It was a common practise in Hollywood to pair a young woman with an older man
A similar type of suspense movie, although only western for being set in a remote post-WWII town in the west, "Bad Day at Black Rock' is another less known great.
I know Dawn would be on the edge of her seat and rooting for Spencer Tracy. I hope she does react to it.
A couple of other classics from that era with similar pacing are Shane with Alan Ladd, and The Big Country with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston. And an even older one from the 1940s is Angel and the Badman with John Wayne. All three among my favorite westerns.
Shane is one of the most beautiful photographed movies. And tugs the heartstrings. Once Upon A Time in the West is amazing as well.
The Big Country is a classic. Among other things to recommend it, it has a truly great musical score.
Don’t forget 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, also starring Gregory Peck. Very good and very underrated!
watching this on TV in 1972, Kane give a speech before he through his badge on the ground, if I rember correctly, absolutly loved this movie, was singing the theme song for days,
Loved your reaction to this classic western! So glad you are taking the time to investigate these old classics. They are truly nuggets of gold! Worth watching! Two suggestions for you to consider: First, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window pairs Grace Kelly (the wife in this movie) with Jimmy Stewart (you saw him in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence) and second another Alfred Hitchcock movie "Dial M for Murder". It stars Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. It's a murder suspense movie set in London.
This is my favourite western of all time. Even my school teacher used to rave about it. You did another fantastic reaction too - you really get involved in the action and with the characters.
The cinematography was done by Floyd Crosby, already an Oscar winner for another film 2 decades before. He was nominated for this one...Floyd was the father of the recent late David Crosby of the singing group Crosby Stills Nash and Young. Floyd captured Cooper's eyes and facial expressions beautifully for full effect of the story as well movement of the wife's wagon out of town from both perspectives, the moment where Cooper, standing in the middle of the street, realizes this is it, he's alone. Floyd pans the cameras away and up, adding to the intensity and helplessness...and the constant looking at the clock, speeded up just before the noon train arrives. Great editing. The musical score for the film, by Dimitri Tiomkin, was brilliant.
I’m a big movie buff but I had no idea about the father-son relationship between Floyd & David Crosby. Just the kind of movie trivia I love. Thanks for the info !!
In answer to your query regarding Quakers, "Thee" may find enlightenment in another Western called Friendly Persuasion also starring Gary Cooper (the Marshall in High Noon) and also regarded as one of the greatest Westerns of all time.
"No name on the bullet" 1959 is another great western, that has amazing suspense like this one.
Amy being Quaker meant two things in this movie. Quakers don't have the same kinds of wedding ceremony, and many sects of Christianity didn't approve of them, so she might not have been welcome in church. Secondly, Quakers are pacifists, so she couldn't approve of him continuing to be sheriff.
One of the finest westerns ever made, a very very fine movie in its own right.
Will Kane's wife...Amy (Grace Kelly) actually married the prince of the Principality of Monaco, becoming Princess Grace, of Monaco (yes she did!).
Katy Jurado delivered one of the best lines (in movie history, in my opinion), when she told deputy marshall Pell: “I don't like anybody to put his hands on me unless I want him to, and I don't like you to, anymore", she said it with soo much conviction.
Anyway thank you Dawn Marie for watching and reacting to this movie.
Another great western movie to watch and to react to is: "The Searchers", the greatest western movie in my very humble opinion. Give it a view please!
Also, The Deputy, Lloyd Bridges is the father of the" Dude "from The Big Lebowski Jeff Bridges
Grace Kelly, the beautiful and much younger wife, is in Rear Window, my favourite Hitchcock film, with James Stewart, and a couple of other good Hitchcocks too, Dial M for Murder and To Catch a Thief. She was his favourite actress. This was the very beginning of her career. She retired from movies to marry a prince.
The age difference is about 27 years, which was already controversial back then, but maybe not as much in the time period the story is set in.
Grace Kelly was very pretty, but Katy Jurado was way sexier.
Someone else mentioned it here but I will second the recommendation: watch once "Upon a Time in the West." Charles Bronson stars. He was also one of the Magnificent Seven!
This is the only movie where Henry Fonda ever played a "bad guy."
The Deputy Marshall was played by Lloyd Bridges who was one of the Air Traffic Controllers in the movie Airplane.
love how you spot the actors and lee van Cleef was much much younger good idea
BTW, the actress in this, Grace Kelly, only made a handful of films. In 1956 she gave up her career to marry the king of Monaco, & became Princess Grace. Rather like Megan Markle.
Please don’t compare the two.
It’s a disservice to Grace Kelly
Superficially like Megan Markle,the comparison ends at marrying royalty.
The guy at the start of the movie with Lee Van Cleef was Sheb Wooley,who starred with Clint Eastwood in the tv western Rawhide ,some years before the Dollars movies..
Great reaction. You should do Winchester 73 with Jimmy Stewart and The Oxbow Incident with Henry Fonda. I think you would enjoy both
21:10 "Oh, he just looks so old and frail right now." Because of the difference in age between Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, some people wanted to use make up to make Cooper look younger, but in retrospect, Cooper's age served the visual storytelling by making him look more stressed and vulnerable as noon approached.
Cooper 50
Kelly 21
and the fact that Cooper was suffering from painful ulcers and back problems during the shoot and it showed on his face
A few years after this movie Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco and became a real princess.
Gary Cooper was in "Pride of the Yankees", "Sergeant York", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and a lot of great movies.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter sang the theme song. His son John Ritter was in Three's Company in the 1970's.
My goodness Dawn ,every time I think you couldn't be cute to the 10th power, you exceed my expectations. You're very astute in what you watch, even when there's times you don't understand. I have resigned myself to watch and enjoy whatever you post 😉 ❤
High noon = 12.00 mid-day.
Gary Cooper was the Marshall.
Another classic Cooper film is Sargeant York ( a true story )
Others have given details about the main cast so here's a few other details?
Along with Lee Van Cleef,the gang were Sheb Wooley(Miller's brother)who starred as Pete Nolan in the classic western series 'Rawhide' with Clint Eastwood.
He was also a prolific singer and writer who created the famous character 'The Purple People Eater'.
Robert J.Wilkie who had the gun/knife fight with James Coburn in 'The Magnificent Seven'.
Ian McDonald played Frank Miller.
The former marshall was played by Lon Chaney Jnr who was famous for playing The Wolf Man as well as Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy.
Harry Morgan(husband who hid from Kane)went on to be in MASH.
Theme song was sung by country artist Tex Ritter who's son was actor John Ritter.
Frankie Laine is also known for singing High Noon as well as loads of famous Western themes including 'Rawhide' '3.10 to Yuma' and 'Champion The Wonder Horse'
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06:14 this guy from the movie "airplane" can't believe you didn't recognize Lloyd Bridges.
Amazing classic High Noon starring by Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Lee Van Cleef and music score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Thank you Dawn Marie great reaction excellent. 🎵 Do not Forsake me oh my Darlin 🎵
Grace Kelley married Prince Rainer and became the Princess of Monaco.
The Mayor, Thomas Mitchell, was Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life
Sam Fuller, Harry Morgan, was Cnl Potter in MASH
The title song is sung by B-movie western star Tex Ritter (actor John Ritter's father)
The Old Sheriff was Lon Cheney
The female lead was Grace Kelly who left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco and become Her Royal highness Princess Grace of Monaco. Gary Cooper won his second Oscar for this movie. He was one of the great Hollywood Stars of the Golden era.
This movie was a favorite of many American presidents who identified with story of someone who has to stand alone while everybody who said they'd stand with him abandons him. Pres. Bill Clinton screened it sixteen times at the Whire House.
Awesome choice, had a good time joining you for this one, watched this a few times when I was a kid. Thank you.
You seem to be developing a taste for classic westerns. High Noon and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance are two great films! Here's two more. They're both black and white and happen to star John Wayne. The first is often considered the first great American western. It's John Ford's 1939 Stagecoach. The next is The Angel and The Bad Man. I was in about the second grade in 1957 when I thought Gail Russell would be like the woman I would grow up to marry. My first movie crush.
Both movies have great stories and great performances. Thanks for giving classic Westerns the appreciation they deserve!
An amazing film: timeless ❤. Please note: the last hour corresponds to 1 hour of run time (likely very difficult to plan!) Grace Kelly left Hollywood (after a brilliant career,) to become the princess of Monaco. ( a bad deal for her; she had to pay Him to get married!). The subtext of this film the “McCarthy hearings.) Around 1950 a Senate called McCarthy , a right -wing Zealot, started making up numbers like “we have 57 communists in the federal government,” and he had no evidence. They did find a couple, but ruined the lives of many including men in government and several Hollywood actors 😢
I love the fact you are watching movies that I kinda grew up watching. You are so much fun!
I was five when this first come out have seen it many times i also love the title song, his wife in the movie was Grace Kelly it was her second movie also starred Katy Jurado had a crush on her, 71 year goes so quickly. Peace out.
"The Gunfighter" with Gregory Peck is another western classic.
Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco. Deputy Harvey was played by Jeff Bridges's father, Lloyd Bridges.
Cooper one of the true greats. bigger than life. his late 30s work is impeccible along with Whom the Bells Toll
The guy who's playing Harvey, his name is Lloyd Bridges. He's the father of Jeff Bridges, Jeff Bridges was the star of the movie that you watched, The Big Lebowski.
Stagecoach is another ground breaking Western you might want to watch. 😀
Just make sure she watches the 1939 version. The 1966 and 1986 remakes aren't great.
Gary Cooper is a Hollywood legend, and one of the greatest actors that ever lived. He made so many great movies it's hard to really pick his greatest role ever but this may be it.
so great a new lover of westerns, so many the Searchers is a favorite
Now you need to watch Clint Eastwood's alternative version of this: High Plains Drifter (1972)
Gary Cooper had been in movies since the silent film era. check him out in: Wings (1927)
For an earlier western watch him in: The Westerner (1940)
To find out what a Quaker is watch Gary in: Friendly Persuasion (1956)
(or John Wayne in: Angel an the Badman (1947))
One of Cooper's best films: Sergeant York (1941)
a fun Gary Cooper film with Barbara Stanwyck: Ball of Fire: (1941)
Grace is at her finest in To Catch a Thief (an Alfred Hitchcock classic).
Grace Kelly was America's princess, Princess Grace of Monaco. She grew up posh in Philadelphia society but wanted to be an actress. She was sooo sexy in "To Catch a Theif" set in Monaco.
Eli Wallach is the other actor you were thinking of; so many Mexican friends of mine in the '70s swore he was half Mexican, as well as Charles Bronson (because they were so popular south of the US border). The Marshall's wife in this one is played by Grace Kelly before she became Princess Grace. Her best film was a Hitchcock Classic- TO CATCH A THIEF (Paramount Pictures, 1955), a real suspense thriller and my favorite. HIGH NOON is a true Western classic, and Gary Cooper was the best choice to play the Marshall. He was a real Montana ranch cowboy who became an actor after first working as a stunt rider and wrangler in silent films. My favorite film of his is SERGEANT. YORK (Warner Bros., 1941), where he plays the World War One hero Alvin C. York. Both are worthy of your reactions!
I didn't remember that Lloyd Bridges(Harvey Pell) was in this. I first saw him as the star of "Sea Hunt." His sons Jeff and Beau are also actors. Jeff has starred in westerns, including the remake of "True Grit." Harry Morgan is probably best known as Colonel Potter on the TV series, "Mash."
I was getting tense just watch Dawn getting tense. 😄
I recognized some of the minor actors who were really young in this movie. Harry Morgan from Dragnet and MASH (colonel Potter), Lloyd Bridges Airplane. Both had long careers but I only knew them for their later work.
Despite the movie being tame for today's standards still a satisfying movie.
This was not some typical Western, but a more psychological thriller for how it keeps you afraid for every minute passing. Each passing moment and more of the capable or upright citizens running or hiding. It's an intense classic.
The woman who married at the beginning of the movie was Grace Kelly, later to be Princess Grace of Monaco
Grace Kelly is my favourite actress of all time.