High Noon He frequently laments, "Whatever happened to Gary Cooper?" and refers to Will Kane as the "strong, silent type". The iconic ending to the film is shown on a television during an extended dream sequence in the fifth-season episode "The Test Dream". "High Noon" inspired the 2008 hip-hop song of the same name by rap artist Kinetics, in which "High Noon" is mentioned along with several other classic Western films, drawing comparisons between rap battles and Western-film street showdowns. "High Noon" is also briefly mentioned in the J. D. Robb novel, "Conspiracy In Death". Main character Lt. Eve Dallas has been
High Noon probably intensified by pain from recent surgery to remove a bleeding ulcer. The running time of the story almost precisely parallels the running time of the film itself—an effect heightened by frequent shots of clocks, to remind the characters (and the audience) that the villain will be arriving on the noon train. The movie's theme song, "Do Not Forsake Me, My Darling", became a major hit on the Country-Western charts for Tex Ritter, and later, a pop hit for Frankie Laine as well. Its popularity set a precedent for theme songs that were featured in many subsequent Western films. Composer