High Noon 2004, The 1981 science fiction film "Outland", starring Sean Connery as a federal agent on an interplanetary mining outpost, has been compared to "High Noon" due to similarities in themes and plot. The plot for the 1987 high school comedy film Three O'Clock High was loosely based on "High Noon". A teen desperately attempts to avoid a fight with a menacing bully, set to happen at 3 o'clock. "High Noon" is referenced several times on the HBO drama series "The Sopranos". Tony Soprano cites Gary Cooper's character as the archetype of what a man should be, mentally tough and stoic.
Otto Kruger the supporting role of Judge Percy Mettrick, who unsuccessfully urges Will Kane to leave town in "High Noon" (1952). Kruger is also remembered for playing the villain Tobin in Alfred Hitchcock's spy film "Saboteur" (1942) and mob boss Stevens in the film noir "711 Ocean Drive" (1950). His television roles included those of Dr. Mumford in the 1959 episode "Experiments in Terror" of the NBC science fiction/adventure series "The Man and the Challenge", as Ben Tully in "Gun City" of the ABC western series, "The Rebel", and as Franklyn Malleson Ghentin in the 1961 episode "A Fool for a Client"