Originally posted by caz
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High Noon has several interpretations - a critique of McCarthyism and Hollywood's "Black List" and the cowardice of the town's folk to stand up to injustice.
The second one is that Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) symbolises the USA. He helped the Town Folk by cleaning up the town and what not and when he asks for their help they refuse to help him out of fear and self-interest, etc.
12 Angry Men has a few interpretations - people's prejudice being one and another one sometimes overlooked - court-appointed lawyers/legal system - the old if you cannot afford a lawyer, then one will be appointed to you by the courts.
The standard of such lawyers ranges from good to very poor and even disinterested - something Davis (Henry Fonda) mentions -" I kept putting myself in the boy's place. I would have asked for another lawyer. I mean, if I were on trial for my life, I'd want my lawyer to tear the prosecution's witnesses to shreds, or at least try to" etc.
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