High Noon is a 1952 American black-and-white western film starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. It is considered to be one of the most important films in the history of American film. The National Film Registry made this film the first in 1989. One of the 25 American films protected by the collection. This film won 4 Oscars in 1952. In the past, Western films rarely received Oscar nominations or awards. Adapted from John Cunningham's short story The Tin Star serialized in Cheap Pulp Magazine. The background of the times was that McCarthy was anti-communist in the United States at that time, causing the abuse of the blacklist. The director of this film lamented that the American people lacked a sense of justice. Actor Gary Cooper is a famous conservatism supporter.

It tells the story of the four villains who returned to the town at 12 noon one day to seek revenge after being released from prison. The people of the town and even the 6 deputy police chiefs ignored them. In the end, the police chief went to the meeting alone and killed 4 villains.