John W. Cunningham

Birth : 1915-07-28,

Death : 2002-06-04

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John W. Cunningham (July 28, 1915 – June 4, 2002) was an American author who composed a number of Western novels and stories. During the Second World War, he served in the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. While living in Santa Barbara, California, he became a published novelist. He moved to Ashland, Oregon in 1985 where he lived until his death. His most famous work was "The Tin Star", a short story which appeared in Colliers Magazine in 1947. It was adapted into the film High Noon in 1952, which starred Gary Cooper alongside Grace Kelly. The adapted screenplay by Carl Foreman was nominated for an Academy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article John W. Cunningham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Movies

Day of the Badman
Day of the Badman
Story
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
The Stranger Wore a Gun
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Story
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.
High Noon
High Noon
Author
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.