Western Author Wes Rand talks to host Steve Mazan about the classic Gary Cooper/Howard Zinneman film "High Noon"...a film that would win Cooper an Oscar and possibly send the screenwriter to Europe.
Was this whole story an allegory for the Red Scare?
Did John Wayne wanna be in this movie or not?
What does this film have to do with the Wilhelm Scream and a Flying Purple People Eater?
Is there anything dirtier than a Quaker who turns?
How influential is this movie...even today?
All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club podcast.