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High Noon (1952)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann · Cinematography by Floyd Crosby

PG85 min59 frames

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

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High Noon (1952) movie still: establishing — A rural wooden train station sits on a dirt plot beneath an empty sky. A water tower stands beside the…High Noon (1952) movie still: medium — A domestic space with patterned wallpaper and a doorway visible in the background. A man and a woman stand…High Noon (1952) movie still: medium — A 19th-century interior with wooden trim and glass-paned doors leading to a bright exterior. A man and a…High Noon (1952) movie still: fullbody — A dry, grassy plain features a large dark rock in the foreground. A lone man sits atop the rock while…High Noon (1952) movie still: closeup — A plain gray studio background frames an older man from the chest up. The man wears a formal suit and looks…High Noon (1952) movie still: wide — A horse-drawn wagon travels across a dry field with distant hills in the background. A man and a woman sit…High Noon (1952) movie still: medium — An interior space with patterned wallpaper features a man and woman in formal attire. The couple stands…High Noon (1952) movie still: closeup — A domestic space features patterned wallpaper and framed pictures in the background. A woman in a lacy…High Noon (1952) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a woman indoors against a blurred background. She turns her head slightly while gazing…High Noon (1952) movie still: wide — A small wooden church with tiered rows of pews facing a front pulpit. A preacher stands at the podium…High Noon (1952) movie still: wide — A quiet, dusty town with wooden storefronts lining a wide, unpaved dirt path. A lone figure walks down the…High Noon (1952) movie still: wide — A desolate 19th-century frontier depot with a wooden water tower and station building. Three mounted cowboys…High Noon (1952) movie still: wide — A rural wooden church stands next to several horse-drawn wagons on a dirt road. A solitary man wearing a…High Noon (1952) movie still: fullbody — A dusty, empty main street in an 1880s wooden frontier town. A lone, armed man walks slowly toward the…High Noon (1952) movie still: medium — A dark wooden room looks out onto a sun-drenched patch of sand through glass. A man lies motionless on the…High Noon (1952) movie still: medium — An interior space features wooden door frames and a window viewing a wooden porch. A woman in a lacy dress…
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High Noon — official trailer

What is High Noon about?

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

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What does the cinematography of High Noon look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of High Noon leans on medium shots (41% of the sample) and close-ups (20%). Cinematographer Floyd Crosby keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 73% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of High Noon?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of High Noon (1952) are #f9f9f9, #010101, #b0b0b0, #868686, #c9c9c9, #474747 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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