# Zwölf Uhr mittags (1952)

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**Original title**: *High Noon*
**Runtime**: 85 min
**Genres**: Western, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Fred Zinnemann
**Written by**: Carl Foreman, John W. Cunningham
**Starring**: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly, Otto Kruger

> *The story of a man who was too proud to run!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Main Street, noon approaching, a train whistle sounds. A sheriff stands alone, a posse unfurls as a handful of men decline to help. Zinnemann frames the silence of a town turning its back.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, dread

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