Before Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon, western movies depicted their heroes as stoic and fearless. When danger came knocking, they were ready to nobly face the music. But in High Noon, when Gary ...

It is well known that “High Noon,” a 1952 U.S. Western film, was among the top favorites of many U.S. presidents, including Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) and Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).