Gary Cooper plays the newly-married Marshal, set to leave town and start a new life with pacifist Quaker wife, Grace Kelly, when he learns a vicious criminal is heading into town on the noon train. As the minutes tick by in real time, Cooper scrambles to recruit more deputies, only to discover nobody is willing to help. An excellent example of the 2nd amendment debate dramatised, though the reluctant townsfolk are ultimately disgraced by Kelly embracing “necessary force.” Besides all that, however, it remains a classic Western drama that superbly builds tension with its lean narrative and sublime editing.