High Noon 1929 film version of "The Virginian" in which Cooper also starred. The film was criticized in the Soviet Union as "glorification of the individual". The American Left lauded it as an allegory against blacklisting and McCarthyism, but it gained respect in the conservative community as well. It has been cited as a favorite by several U.S. presidents. Dwight Eisenhower screened the film at the White House, and Bill Clinton hosted a record 17 White House screenings. "It's no accident that politicians see themselves as Gary Cooper in "High Noon"," Clinton said. "Not just politicians, but anyone who's forced to go
Seven Days to Noon 1952 at the RKO Pantages Theatre. "Seven Days to Noon" became available on DVD in 2008. Seven Days to Noon Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama/thriller film directed by John and Roy Boulting. Based on the book, "Un Nazi en Manhattan", written by Fernando Josseau, Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film. In the early 1950s, the British Prime Minister (Ronald Adam) is sent a letter by Professor Willingdon (Barry Jones), who works at Britain's atomic weapons development facility, the (fictitious) Wallingford Research Centre, from which he has surreptitiously