Movie of the Week #21 - High Noon

winther
2024-03-18T07:50:32Z

Third movie of Best Picture nominees that didn't win is High Noon from 1952 directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. Gary Cooper won for best actor, Dimitri Tiomkin won for the score and for the title song "The Ballad of High Noon ("Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin'")"

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Besides any thoughts on this movie, have you seen the other nominees that year and do you think this deserved the win instead?

The other nominees:

The Greatest Show on Earth (winner)

Ivanhoe

Moulin Rouge

The Quiet Man

The rest of the schedule is:

25th: Saving Private Ryan

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