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  • 1. Who is the main actor in the movie High Noon?
A) Clint Eastwood
B) John Wayne
C) Gary Cooper
D) Kevin Costner
  • 2. In what year was the movie High Noon released?
A) 1952
B) 1960
C) 1949
D) 1956
  • 3. Who directed the movie High Noon?
A) Sergio Leone
B) Fred Zinnemann
C) Howard Hawks
D) John Ford
  • 4. Who portrays the character Frank Miller in the film?
A) Robert J. Wilke
B) Lloyd Bridges
C) Thomas Mitchell
D) Ian MacDonald
  • 5. Who composed the score for the movie High Noon?
A) Max Steiner
B) Elmer Bernstein
C) Ennio Morricone
D) Dimitri Tiomkin
  • 6. Where is the town located in the movie High Noon?
A) Tombstone
B) Dodge City
C) Laramie
D) Hadleyville
  • 7. Who played the role of Helen Ramírez in the movie High Noon?
A) Grace Kelly
B) Katy Jurado
C) Eve McVeagh
D) Olga Fabian
  • 8. What time does the train arrive in the movie High Noon?
A) 11:00
B) 1:00
C) 2:00
D) 12:00
  • 9. What is the name of Marshal Will Kane's new wife in 'High Noon'?
A) Grace Kelly
B) Helen Ramírez
C) Amy Fowler
D) Mildred Fuller
  • 10. Who is the main antagonist that Marshal Will Kane must face in 'High Noon'?
A) Jim Pierce
B) Frank Miller
C) Ben Miller
D) Jack Colby
  • 11. What position does Judge Percy Mettrick hold in the film 'High Noon'?
A) Marshal
B) Deputy Marshal
C) Judge
D) Mayor
  • 12. Which character is a young deputy who turns against Kane?
A) Jimmy
B) Harvey Pell
C) Herb Baker
D) Martin Howe
  • 13. What is the name of Marshal Will Kane's predecessor in 'High Noon'?
A) Martin Howe
B) Sam Fuller
C) Jimmy
D) Harvey Pell
  • 14. Which character offers to help Kane despite being blind in one eye?
A) Martin Howe
B) Harvey Pell
C) Jimmy
D) Herb Baker
  • 15. Who is the local pastor that refuses to assist Marshal Will Kane?
A) Sam Fuller
B) Judge Percy Mettrick
C) The unnamed pastor
D) Martin Howe
  • 16. Which character tries to help but backs out due to being the only volunteer?
A) Jimmy
B) Harvey Pell
C) Martin Howe
D) Herb Baker
  • 17. Who is the young boy that offers to help Kane but is refused?
A) Herb Baker
B) Martin Howe
C) Johnny
D) Jimmy
  • 18. In 'High Noon', who does Amy Fowler confront at the hotel regarding her husband's decision to stay in town?
A) Helen Ramírez
B) Mildred Fuller
C) Judge Percy Mettrick
D) Harvey Pell
  • 19. What does Amy Fowler reveal as the reason for her conversion to Quakerism?
A) A personal spiritual experience
B) Advice from Judge Percy Mettrick
C) The gunning down of her brother and father by criminals
D) Influence from Helen Ramírez
  • 20. What does Marshal Will Kane do after knocking Harvey Pell senseless?
A) Attempts to form a posse
B) Goes to the church for help
C) Leaves town with Amy Fowler
D) Returns to his office to write out his will
  • 21. Which character kills Frank Miller's brother, Ben, in the opening salvo?
A) Jack Colby
B) Harvey Pell
C) Marshal Will Kane
D) Jim Pierce
  • 22. What does Marshal Will Kane do with his marshal's star at the end of 'High Noon'?
A) Drops it to the street
B) Hands it to Amy Fowler
C) Wears it proudly
D) Gives it to Johnny
  • 23. How does Marshal Will Kane's story end in 'High Noon'?
A) He leaves town alone
B) He departs with Amy Fowler after killing Frank Miller
C) He retires peacefully
D) He is killed by Frank Miller
  • 24. Who originally wrote the four-page plot outline that became similar to 'The Tin Star'?
A) John W. Cunningham
B) Stanley Kramer
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Carl Foreman
  • 25. What is the title of the 1947 short story that influenced High Noon?
A) Darkness at High Noon
B) The Clay Pigeon
C) The Virginian
D) The Tin Star
  • 26. Who directed and wrote 'Outland', a film inspired by High Noon?
A) Peter Hyams
B) Elmore Leonard
C) Karen Sharpe Kramer
D) Stanley Kramer
  • 27. Where was most of the street scenes for 'High Noon' filmed?
A) Columbia Movie Ranch in Burbank
B) Warnerville
C) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
D) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
  • 28. What is the alternate title for the movie's theme song 'High Noon'?
A) "Midday Melody"
B) "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling"
C) "Till Noon We Ride"
D) "The Ballad of High Noon"
  • 29. What position did High Noon hold on the Writers Guild of America West's list of 101 Greatest Screenplays?
A) 25th
B) 100th
C) 50th
D) 75th
  • 30. Where was the railroad used for filming 'High Noon'?
A) The old Sierra Railroad in Jamestown, now known as Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
B) Columbia State Historic Park
C) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
D) Warnerville
  • 31. Which U.S. president cited 'High Noon' as his favorite film?
A) Lyndon B. Johnson
B) George H.W. Bush
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 32. Who played the role of Will Kane's bride in High Noon?
A) Elizabeth Taylor
B) Grace Kelly
C) Shirley MacLaine
D) Audrey Hepburn
  • 33. Where was the modernized version of High Noon set in the agreement with Relativity Studios?
A) New York City
B) London
C) US-Mexico border
D) Outer space
  • 34. Which magazine listed High Noon among 'The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars' in February 2020?
A) New York Magazine
B) Entertainment Weekly
C) Variety
D) Time Magazine
  • 35. In which AFI list did High Noon appear at number 20?
A) AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
B) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)
C) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills
D) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs
  • 36. What is the name of the documentary that discusses Carl Foreman's role in High Noon?
A) Stanley Kramer and His Films
B) High Noon Revisited
C) The Tin Star Documentary
D) Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents
  • 37. Who played Frank Miller in the 2000 TV movie remake of High Noon?
A) Lee Majors
B) Peter Boyle
C) Tom Skerritt
D) Michael Madsen
  • 38. In what year was the television sequel 'High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane' aired?
A) 1981
B) 1980
C) 1982
D) 1979
  • 39. Which film is 'High Noon' compared to in terms of its story about a man's conflict of conscience?
A) "A Man for All Seasons"
B) "The Godfather"
C) "To Kill a Mockingbird"
D) "12 Angry Men"
  • 40. In which AFI list was 'High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')' ranked number 25?
A) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies
B) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills
C) AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores
D) AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs
  • 41. Which director criticized Gary Cooper's performance as 'rather mousy' in 'High Noon'?
A) Alfred Hitchcock
B) John Ford
C) Howard Hawks
D) Frank Capra
  • 42. Where were the opening scenes of 'High Noon' filmed?
A) Warnerville
B) Columbia State Historic Park
C) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
D) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
  • 43. What film is compared to 'High Noon' due to thematic similarities?
A) 'Blade Runner'
B) 'Star Wars'
C) '2001: A Space Odyssey'
D) 'Outland'
  • 44. Who wrote the original screenplay for 'High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane'?
A) Peter Hyams
B) Elmore Leonard
C) Stephen Jaffe
D) Stanley Kramer
  • 45. Which actor starred in the 1981 science fiction thriller 'Outland'?
A) Tom Skerritt
B) Sean Connery
C) Peter Boyle
D) Lee Majors
  • 46. Which location was used for exterior shots of the Hadleyville church?
A) Iverson Movie Ranch near Los Angeles
B) Columbia Movie Ranch in Burbank
C) Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
D) St. Joseph's Church in Tuolumne City
  • 47. Which film did John Wayne and Howard Hawks make in response to 'High Noon'?
A) True Grit
B) Rio Bravo
C) Stagecoach
D) The Searchers
  • 48. Who produced a remake of High Noon as a TV movie for TBS in 2000?
A) Stephen Jaffe
B) Karen Sharpe Kramer
C) Elmore Leonard
D) Peter Hyams
  • 49. Who described High Noon as a 'straight remake' of another film?
A) Carl Foreman
B) An unspecified source
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Stanley Kramer
  • 50. What genre does 'High Noon' belong to?
A) Romantic Comedy
B) Revisionist Western
C) Drama
D) Science Fiction
  • 51. Which list ranked Will Kane as one of the coolest heroes in pop culture?
A) AFI
B) Writers Guild of America West
C) Entertainment Weekly
D) New York Magazine
  • 52. How many times is the theme song heard throughout 'High Noon'?
A) 24 times
B) 12 times
C) 36 times
D) 50 times
  • 53. What was High Noon's ranking in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Cheers?
A) No. 27
B) No. 20
C) No. 10
D) No. 33
  • 54. Who claimed to have helped Carl Foreman develop the story of High Noon?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) John W. Cunningham
C) Richard Fleischer
D) Victor Navasky
  • 55. What was Will Kane's ranking on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains?
A) Villain No. 20
B) Hero No. 15
C) Hero No. 5
D) Villain No. 10
  • 56. What position did High Noon achieve in AFI's 10 Top 10 for Western films?
A) No. 5
B) No. 3
C) No. 1
D) No. 2
  • 57. What was the theatrical rental earnings of 'High Noon' in North America in 1952?
A) $5 million
B) $2 million
C) $3.75 million
D) $4.5 million
  • 58. Which artist first made 'High Noon' a major hit on the country-and-western charts?
A) Tex Ritter
B) Gene Autry
C) Johnny Cash
D) Frankie Laine
  • 59. Who authored 'Naming Names', an account related to the Hollywood blacklist?
A) Richard Fleischer
B) Stanley Kramer
C) Carl Foreman
D) Victor Navasky
  • 60. In which year was High Noon ranked number 33 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies?
A) 2001
B) 2004
C) 2003
D) 1998
  • 61. What percentage of critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave positive reviews for 'High Noon'?
A) 75%
B) 95%
C) 85%
D) 65%
  • 62. Who starred as Will Kane in the 2000 TV movie remake of High Noon?
A) Lee Majors
B) Tom Skerritt
C) Sean Connery
D) Michael Madsen
  • 63. In what year did Karen Kramer sign an agreement with Relativity Studios for a feature film remake of High Noon?
A) 2016
B) 1981
C) 2024
D) 2000
  • 64. Which U.S. president hosted 17 White House screenings of 'High Noon'?
A) Barack Obama
B) George W. Bush
C) Bill Clinton
D) Ronald Reagan
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