Hi this is Steve this week on the cinephiles we are finally leaving the early 80s and

heading all the way back to 1952 in the classic Western high noon this will be the

first western on the cinephiles and it's a genre both John and I love.

High Noon is the story of an aging sheriff played by Gary Cooper who is forced to stand alone against a band of outlaws when the town he's sworn to protect, his deputies, his friends, and even the woman he loves all turn their back on him.

It's a story of honor, courage, and the politics of fear.

The film is a great cast cast including a very young Lloyd Bridges,

Thomas Mitchell, Le Van Cleve, Katie Giratto, and Grace Kelly in her screen debut.

He know it is fast-paced, tense, and a must-see for any lover of American films.

It's available for rental and purchase on Apple and YouTube, and it often pops up on Stars and Encore if you subscribe to those channels. It's a great movie and we have a great time talking about it on the show. See then. Hi everyone welcome to the cinnophiles my name is Steve Morris. Hey I'm

John Roca and each week on the cinnophiles we like to take a classic film break it down into its

components talk about its history its significance the filmmaking the acting the

writing the music and talk about how it's affected movies throughout history.

Yeah, and it's effect on us as well,

and how we came to it and why we are choosing

to highlight it any week that we choose a film, right?

Absolutely right. And this this week our film is

high noon high noon this is the classic Western how did you how did you come to this

film John I know it's interesting interesting well obviously I've always been a

cinephile since I was 10 years old and I have a such a soft spot for West you have the word cinephile?

I know I know I know I was just like daddy I love movies but no I was such a huge fan of Westerns and I'd heard

about High Noon many many times and the whole idea of one person against

everything and then I think in film school when I was at Florida State I wasn't

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