History YMMV / HighNoon

* TearJerker: Kane tries to recruit Herb Henderson for a deputy, but Herb had thought there would be other men joining him. The last of the potential deputies in the town, Herb says, "What about my wife and kids"? Kane sends him off, and once Herb is gone, he buries his head in his harms and pretty much loses it.

* TearJerker: After he lets Herb go back to his kids, Kane buries his head in his harms and pretty much loses it.

** HeyItsThatVoice: Frank Miller's SmugSnake brother, Ben, is played by Sheb Wolley, who'd later go on to sing a famous, popular novelty song that's still well remembered today, The Purple People Eater.

* AwardSnub: This film losing the Best Picture Oscar to Creator/CecilBDeMille's ''Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth'' is regarded by many as one of the more egregious examples in Hollywood history.

* VindicatedByHistory: Its short-term success in 1952 was wounded by accusations of subliminal Communism, especially due to the participation of screenwriter Carl Foreman. The next US President to take power, DwightEisenhower, was a Republican anti-Communist champion and the fact that he started the White House tradition of ''High Noon'' screenings definitely helped its reputation grow.

* AwardSnub: This film losing the Best Picture Oscar to Creator/CecilBDeMille's ''{{The Greatest Show on Earth}}'' is regarded by many as one of the more egregious examples in Hollywood history.

** Colby is played by LeeVanCleef, who went on to become a famous character actor.

** Kane tries to recruit [[Series/{{Mash}} Colonel Potter]]. Not to mention [[TheWolfMan Lawrence Talbot]]. Hopefully the outlaws weren't packing silver bullets.

** And [[{{Airplane}} McCrosky is one of Kane's ex-deputies]].

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Since we never really learn the history between Kane and Miller, some people come away from this movie with the impression that Kane really did send Miller to prison for unjust reasons, muddying which one of them is "in the right" during the events of the film.

* FridgeBrilliance: If you start watching the movie at approximately 10:50 in the morning, it will be noon when the film's time is "high noon".
** The ImplausibleSynchrony of the clocks in the town is not so implausible when there's a prominent train at 12:00 every day.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kane tries to recruit [[Series/{{Mash}} Colonel Potter]]. Not to mention [[TheWolfMan Lawrence Talbot]]. Hopefully the outlaws weren't packing silver bullets.

** Colby appears in a whole lot more Westerns, especially under SergioLeone.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kane tries to recruit [[Series/{{Mash}} Colonel Potter]].

* VindicatedByHistory: Its short-term success in 1952 was wounded by accusations of subliminal Communism, especially due to the participation of screenwriter Carl Foreman. The next US President to take power, DwightEisenhower, was a Republican anti-Communist champion and the fact that he started the White House tradition of ''High Noon'' screenings definitely helped its reputation grow.

* AwardSnub: This film losing the Best Picture Oscar to Creator/CecilBDeMille's ''TheGreatestShowOnEarth'' is regarded by many as one of the more egregious examples in Hollywood history.

* AwardSnub: This film losing the Best Picture Oscar to Creator/CecilBDeMille's ''The Greatest Show on Earth'' is regarded by many as one of the more egregious examples in Hollywood history.

** The ImplausibleSynchrony of the clotches in the town is not so implausible when there's a prominent train at 12:00 every day.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kane tries to recruit [[{{MASH}} Colonel Potter]].

** Colby appears in a whole lot more Westerns, especially under SergioLeone.

** Colby appears in a whole lot more Westerns, especially under SergioLeone.
* TrueNeutral: Most of the townsfolk, to one degree or the other.

* {{Hatedom}}: The movie created a huge outcry within the Hollywood community, for its depiction of cowardly townfolk who refuse to help the local law enforcement when asked. JohnWayne in particular was vocal about it, and made ''RioBravo'' to refute this film.
** Also, the screenwriter of this film was blacklisted after its release, generating even more hatred for his won. That said, the film was still so good it won Best Picture in spite of all the hatred directed at it.

* {{Hatedom}}: The movie created a huge outcry within the Hollywood community, for its depiction of cowardly townfolk who refuse to help the local law enforcement when asked. JohnWayne in particular was vocal about it, and made ''RioBravo'' to refute this film.