Where was High Noon filmed?

In this High Noon production scene, Kane and Amy are wed. Many of the town’s residents are in attendance for the joyful celebration. After the couple is announced as man and wife, Kane and Amy retire to a nearby room where Kane promises her he will do his best in their new life together as store owner, family man, and husband. The new marshal is set to assume his role the next day. The station master arrives on the scene with a telegram that bears bad news. Frank Miller, an outlaw sentenced to jail during Miller’s years on the job, has been released and is returning with a posse to exact revenge on Kane. He is expected to arrive in Hadleyville at noon. Though the others encourage Kane and his new bridge to fee the city, Kane says, “I thought I ought to stay,” much to the distress of his new wife, a Quaker and a pacificist. To access this High Noon location, travel a few miles outside Columbia into the small berg known as Tuolumne City. The church is found just off Route 108 on Gardner Road.

In this High Noon scene, Kane is hoping to find some of his former deputies and friends to assist him in standing against Miller and his men. He is well aware that by choosing to accept his role in the gunfight with Miller that he will upset his new wife Amy. Amy tells him that either he leaves with her, or she will leave without him. She informs him that she will leave town on the noon train with or without him. Kane: Look Amy, this is my town. I've got friends here. I'll swear in a bunch of special deputies and with a posse behind me, maybe there won't even be any trouble. Amy: You know there'll be trouble. Kane: Then, it's better to have it here. I'm sorry, honey, I know how you feel about it. Amy: Do you? Kane: Of course, I do. I know it's against your religion and all. Sure, I know how you feel. Amy: But you're doing it just the same. Oh, Will, we were married just a few minutes ago. We've got our whole lives ahead of us. Doesn't that mean anything to you? Kane: You know I've only got an hour and I've got lots to do. Stay at the hotel until it's over. Amy: No, I won't be here when it's over. You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow. I say it's too long to wait. I won't do it...I mean it. If you won't go with me now, I'll be on that train when it leaves here. Kane: (resolutely) I've got to stay. Though the famed Columbia Ranch has long been demolished, it is still possible to visit this famed film set and street where many of the most beloved Westerns of all time were filmed. To visit this High Noon location from downtown Burbank, follow W Alameda Avenue to W Oak Street, making a right onto North Hollywood Way.

At 11:05 am, Amy enters the hotel lobby where she will wait for the arrival of the noon train. She is greeted by a hotel clerk who is excited at the opportunity to observe the gunfight. He says to Amy, “You're leaving on the noon train...but your husband ain't?...It's mighty interesting. Now, me, I wouldn't leave this town at noon for all the tea in China. No sir, it's going to be quite a sight to see.” To find this High Noon film location, travel three miles past Sonora, taking the entrance to the park found at 5th Avenue and Reservoir Road.

In an effort to garner support, Kane visits Hadleyville’s church. He asks several people to join his posse but is rejected because he does not consider himself to be a church-going man and his wife is a Quaker. He tries to appeal to the church members’ sympathy saying,"It looks like Frank Miller's comin' back on the noon train. I need all the special deputies I can get." A few men step forward to volunteer but are cut short by Cooper who says: “Before we go rushing out into something that ain't gonna be so pleasant, let's be sure we know what this is all about. What I want to know is this. Ain't it true that Kane ain't no longer Marshal? And ain't it true there's personal trouble between him and Miller?” The children are rushed outside the church building while the men discuss this matter. Ultimately, Kane finds no support amongst the church members. You can visit this High Noon filming location in Tuolumne City off Route 108. Though the outside of this area was featured in several different film scenes in High Noon, this is the first opportunity for fans of this movie to catch a glimpse of the inside.

Dispirited, Kane pays a visit to his predecessor Sam Howe. Howe is disenfranchised with these years of work as the town marshal, sharing these words of wisdom with Kane: “It's a great life. You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star.” The two men further discuss Kane’s plight with Sam offering Kane this advice: “Get out, Will, get out...You know how I feel about you, but I ain't goin' with ya. Seems like a man with busted knuckles didn't need arthritis too, don't it? Naw, I couldn't do nothin' for ya. You'd be worried about me. You'd get yourself killed worryin' about me. It's too one-sided like it is...It's all for nothin', Will, it's all for nothin'.” This High Noon action scene takes place in the heart of Columbia State Park in Tuolumne County just off highway 49 outside Sonora.

In this final High Noon film scene, Kane waits in the heart of town for Miller and his posse to arrive. A gunfight begins. Amy flees the train and races to Kane’s side. Upon her arrival, she discovers a man dead in the middle of the street. She walks past the body and goes into the marshal’s office. Kane hides in a nearby barn while the fighting continues. He kills one of Miller’s men and continues to hide in the barn. Miller throws a lit lantern into the barn to try to smoke Kane out. The barn catches fire, and Kane is forced out into the street on horseback, first letting loose all of the horses in the barn. Kane is injured during the escape. The gunfight continues. Amy shoots one of the men from behind, killing him. Miller grabs Amy, holding her in front of him like a human shield. Miller: Come on, Kane. Come on out. Or your friend here’ll get it the way Pierce did. Kane: I’ll come out; let her go. Miller: As soon as you walk through that door. Come on, I’ll hold my fire. Kane walks through the door and on to the street. Amy tries to scratch at Miller’s face, and as she turns her back and the two begin to struggle, Kane shoots Miller, killing him. The townspeople run to Amy and Kane. Kane throws his badge in the street, gets in the wagon, and rides off to a new life with Amy. To visit this iconic High Noon film set, travel three miles outside the town of Sonora, and you will find the entrance to Columbia State Historic Park just off Highway 49