High Noon High Noon High Noon is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, depicted in real time, centers around a town marshal who is torn between his sense of duty and love for his new bride and who must face a gang of killers alone. Though mired in controversy with political overtones at the time of its release, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four (Actor, Editing, Music-Score, and Music-Song) as well as four Golden Globe Awards (Actor, Supporting
Tim Zinnemann Tim Zinnemann Tim Zinnemann (born April 15, 1940) is an American film producer, former assistant director, and photographer. He is best known for his work on the films "The Cowboys", "The Long Riders", "The Running Man" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Zinnemann was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of director Fred Zinnemann and Renee Bartlett. He attended Columbia University, but left before graduation to work as a film editor in Italy. He began is career as an assistant director on the film "Harlow" (1965). Other films followed such as "Cast a Giant Shadow", "What Did You Do