High noon

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[Colin B]

I remember an interview with Frankie Laine when he mentioned that people often asked him if High Noon was his or not, to which he replied:

"Tex Ritter sang it in the movie, but I had the hit record !"

[Suspicious Minds]

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This was the title tune for the movie High Noon, released in 1952 and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. In the film, Cooper plays a marshall who finds out that a man he put in prison has been released, and is arriving at high noon (with his posse) to kill him. Kelly, playing Cooper's wife, wants them to pack up and run, but Cooper can't do something so cowardly and chooses to confront the gang.

Source: songfacts.com

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Here’s a lengthy article on ‘High Noon’ and its significance for cinema:

“Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon” and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song

http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/cinema-a ... high_noon/

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Secondhandsongs credits the first recording to Tex Ritter.

https://secondhandsongs.com/performance ... nav-entity