Death Comes at High Noon
Seen it?1964 | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of people who can't resist a good whodunit and crime fans. It plays fair with the clues, so you can play along. Sits nicely alongside Sea of Love.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Danish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1964: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a house with lighted windows, and he goes there to borrow a phone. Suddenly he trips over a tree root and sprain one foot . He lags up the forest road . Then there is a shot, a moment after running steps. A beam cuts through the dark. It goes out . The steps moves away. Peter gets up and stomps up to the house . No one responds to his knokking.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 307 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Erik Balling
- Poul ReichhardtPeter Sander
- Helle VirknerEva Lindberg
- Birgitte FederspielMerete Lindberg
- Jan Priiskorn SchmidtJohn Lindberg
- Morten GrunwaldBertel Lindberg
- Kirsten SøbergFrk. Jørgensen
- Karl SteggerOverbetjent Duus Jensen
- Pouel KernOverbetjent Hald
- Gunnar LauringDoktor Lund
- Gunnar StrømvadAutoforhandler H. F. Kærgaard