My favorite minor Character in High Noon
So I just finished my yearly watch of High Noon(1952) ,which is my favorite Classic Western and one of my favorite film periods.I think its an intensely rewatchable film ,with one hell of an exciting last 10 minutes.....But Theres something specific I want to highlight
For those who havent seen the film it follows Marshall Will Kane (Gary Cooper ) who has just married a Quaker named Amy (Grace Kelley ) and is about to hang up his badge he learns Frank Miller (Ian Macdonald ), a violent outlaw is on his way to town to kill Kane ,so Will decides to stay and face Miller .......But while Kane wants to stand to protect the town ,most people arent on board
For me this is a movie built on how damn good the cast is ,from Cooper selling the stoic yet visably terrified hero and Kelley as his bride who cant comprehend WHY Kane is risking his life ,to a excellent supporting cast considint of veteren character actors like Thomas Mitchell and Lon Chaney Jr to early performances of later legends like Lee Van Cleef ,Harry Morgan,Lloyd Bridges and even a very small part by Jack Elam
Now I had to specify MINOR character cause my favorite role in the film is Kanes old flame Helen Ramirez ,she is the most interesting and scene stealing character in the film...........But I wanna talk about my favorite tiny role
See when you watch a movie so many times ,the small characters become as iconic as the leads .....I wanna showcase Howland Chamberlain as the Hotel Clerk who I can only describe as......A sassy bitch
Full disclosure,I dont know this actor for anything but this movie,hes only in a few scenes and he doesnt have a name ..........But Goood Lord he is iconic to me
His role is to be exposition explaining to Amy what Helens relationship to Will and Frank is .....But he isnt bland ,there is a clear charaterization to the Clerk in that he is professional at his job,but theres a sassiness to him ,a bit of a snark to him and most importantly he DESPISES Will,resenting him for driving out the lively buisness of folks like Frank ,and helps establish,,,,,,There are folks who plainly hate Will.Wills not loved by ALL the town,there are folks who wanna see him gunned down .And yet hes not venomus about it,hes just very blunt ,when Amy asks h e is very up front about his feelings on her husband
Theres also the little sassy moments like him noting Amy is leaving without Will ,and him quipping to Will about being able to find Helens room
I dunno I love this sleazy sassy bastard .Its the kind of role Id love to play personally
Have you guys seen High Noon ?Whats your favorite minor character from a movie you love ?
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