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Synopsis: On the day he gets married and hangs up his badge, lawman Will Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge. Having initially decided to leave with his new spouse, Will decides he must go back and face Miller. However, when he seeks the help of the townspeople he has protected for so long, they turn their backs on him. It seems Kane may have to face Miller alone, as well as the rest of Miller's gang, who are waiting for him at the station...
Director(s): Fred Zinnemann
Production: United Artists
  Won 4 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
89
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG
Year:
1952
85 min
4,581 Views


All right you can pay Sam the rest

in six months.

- He'll get it to me. A deal?

- Yes, ma'am.

All right, Mr Weaver. Thank you.

Mrs Ramirez, I want to

thank you for everything, I mean...

When you first put the deal to me

about staking me in the store,

and being a silent partner,

you know, my wife thought..

Err... What I really mean to say is that

you've been real decent to me right along,

and I want you to know

that I've been honest with you.

I know you have, MrWeaver.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Mrs Ramirez.

And good luck to you.

- Will..

- Amy. You've changed your mind.

I thought you'd changed yours.

No, Will, I have my ticket.

I see.

Clean number 19.

Mrs Miller is very particular.

- Is Helen Ramirez in?

- I guess so.

Think you can find it allright?

Come in.

What are you looking at?

You think I have changed?

What do you want?

You want me to help you?

You want me to ask Frank to let you go?

Beg for you?

I would not do it.

I would not lift a finger for you.

I came to tell you he was coming.

I should've figured you know about it.

I know about it.

You ought to get out of town

or I might not be able to...well..

- Anything can happen.

- I'm not afraid of him.

I know you're not

but you...you know how he is.

I know how he is.

Maybe he doesn't know.

- He's probably got letters.

- What about it?

Nothing in life is free.

I'm getting out. I'm packing now.

That's good.

-

- Goodbye, Helen.

- Kane...

If you're smart, you will get out, too.

- I can't.

- I know.

- May I ask you something?

- Sure.

- Who is Miss Ramirez?

- Mrs Ramirez?

She used to be a friend of your husband's

a while back.

Before that she was a friend of Frank Miller's.

I see. Thank you.

- You don't Like my husband, do you?

- No.

- Why?

- Lots of reasons.

This place was always busy

when Frank Miller was around.

I'm not the only one.

A plenty of people think

he's got a comeuppance coming.

You asked me, ma'am, so I'm telling you.

- I'll go and get some liquor.

- You have to have it?

- Yeah.

- If you're going after that...

- I said I was going for liquor.

- Keep away from Kane.

Sure.

-

Hello, Harv. Where's the tin star?

- I turned it in and quit.

- Smart move.

I didn't ask for your opinion.

Hey, Ben! How are you?

Hey, look who's here!

- How are you, Ben?

- Give me a bottle.

- It's been a long time, Ben.

- Yeah.

Yes, sir. How's Frank?

- He's not complaining.

- It'll be a hot time in the old town tonight, eh?

I wouldn't be surprised.

-

Kane's dead by minutes after

Frank gets off the train.

- It's not much time.

- That's all Frank'll need, because...

You carry a badge and a gun, marshal

You ain't no call to do that.

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Carl Foreman

Carl Foreman, CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon among others. He was one of the screenwriters that were blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s because of their suspected Communist sympathy or membership in the Communist Party. more…

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