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From the New York Times- bestselling author of The Searchers , the revelatory story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created. It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. Starring screen legend Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly in her first significant film role, High Noon was shot on a lean budget over just thirty-two days but achieved instant box-office and critical success. It won four Academy Awards in 1953, including a best actor win for Cooper. And it became a cultural touchstone, often cited by politicians as a favorite film, celebrating moral fortitude. Yet what has been often overlooked is that High Noon was made during the height of the Hollywood blacklist, a time of political inquisition and personal betrayal. In the middle of the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his former membership in the Communist Party. Refusing to name names, he was eventually blacklisted and fled the United States. (His co-authored screenplay for another classic, The Bridge on the River Kwai , went uncredited in 1957.) Examined in light of For

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Author

Frankel, Glenn, author

Publisher

Bloomsbury, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781681512297

Category

history

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.14 / 5 (241 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14