Marshal Will Kane In The 1952 Western Film High Noon

Quintessential American actor Gary Cooper stars as Marshal Will Kane in the 1952 Western film High Noon. Cooper’s character faces a dilemma with his loyalties to the town and his new wife. Upon learning that Frank Miller, an outlaw of the town, is released he finds it difficult to recruit other townspeople to help him face Frank Miller and his gang. Similarly, Andrew Garfield’s character, Desmond Doss, in Hacksaw Ridge encounters criticisms from his fellow soldiers when he refuses to carry a weapon because of his beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He is then thrust into working and training more hours than the other soldiers. In these films, both characters’ communities viewed and treated them differently because of their character’s loyalties and beliefs. High Noon’s Will Kane is the

Doss decides to stay behind as he hears other soldiers cry for help and saves them one by one through the night. This amazes Captain Glover and the rest of the soldiers. Doss’s bravery and courage to stay behind and save numerous soldiers have earned him the respect that he needed by the soldiers and superiors that criticized him for not carrying a weapon. This is more evident in the final scenes where Doss gets shot and the medics give him morphine. Right before he descends down the cliff, Captain Glover tells him, “ You’re going home, Desmond,” as he nods his head in approval. All while a few other soldiers preps him to go down the zip line. The camera then looks down at the injured Desmond and zooms out as the camera goes for a low angled shot of Desmond towards the sunlight and sky and then fades out. This final scene shows that the soldiers accept him as a true soldier. The final shot also demonstrates that Doss is a true hero of war. Doss proves to the other soldiers that he didn’t need a weapon to help out in the war, just the belief that he can do more without