
High Noon
Taste attributes: thrillerwesterndramatried & testedheavylinearemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy
"The story of a man who was too proud to run."
Boxlist takeA serious, unsentimental western, otherwise balanced. Best if you like easy over intense.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
- Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Thriller
- Year
- 1952
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Stanley Kramer Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











