1953 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Winner
![High Noon Gary Cooper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/high-noon-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
High Noon
Gary Cooper
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.
1953 Academy Awards – Actor in a Leading Role Nominees
![Moulin Rouge José Ferrer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moulin-rouge-john-huston-image.jpg)
Moulin Rouge
José Ferrer
![The Bad and the Beautiful Kirk Douglas](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-vincente-minnelli-image.jpg)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Kirk Douglas
![The Lavender Hill Mob Alec Guinness](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lavender-hill-mob-charles-crichton-image.jpg)
The Lavender Hill Mob
Alec Guinness
![Viva Zapata! Marlon Brando](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/viva-zapata-elia-kazan-image.jpg)