The Man Called Noon

The Man Called Noon

24/9/1973 1h 38m 5.8/10

Overview

Noon is a gunfighter who has become amnesiac. Helped by Rimes, an outlaw who has befriended him, he tries to figure out who he is actually. It gradually appears that his wife and kid have been murdered. As time goes by, Noon also recalls a fortune hidden somewhere. Niland, a scheming judge, and Peg Cullane, a greedy will do everything to prevent Noon and Rimes from achieving their end while Fan Davidge, a woman living in a ghost town, will support them.

Director

Peter Collinson

Top Billed Cast

Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Noon

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Judge Niland

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Rimes

Rosanna Schiaffino

Rosanna Schiaffino

Fan Davidge

Patty Shepard

Patty Shepard

Peg Cullane

Ángel del Pozo

Ángel del Pozo

Ben Janish

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/27/2023

6/10

Despite the fact that Stephen Boyd starred in a couple of the most famous films ever made, he really was a singularly mediocre actor and that is pretty clearly illustrated in this hotch-potch of a western. Here he ("Rimes") finds himself assisting the forgetful "Noon" (Richard Crenna) to track down who he is, where he is from and just how, exactly, he found himself in this amnesiac state. During moments of lucidity, "Noon" recalls a cache of gold - so the two, along with the feisty "Fan" (Rosanna Schiaffino) set off to find it before nasty "Judge Niland" (Farley Granger) and his slightly do-lally pal "Peg" (Patty Shepard) do them all in. Peter Collinson has done an OK job with this. These multi-national efforts were never as good on screen as they might have looked on paper. Crenna is efficient, though not spectacular and there is some nice cinematography to accompany a jaunty score from Luis Bacalov. Nothing new here and not a film I could say I shall ever watch again.

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