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Hawks and his collaborators switched the story of ''High Noon'' to a professional's point of view: if people offered John Wayne their help, he would reply, "If they're really good, I'll take them. If not, they'll only cause me more trouble." Hawks' idea saw Wayne's sheriff take the opposite route of ''High Noon's'' sheriff in every critical decision and position from ''High Noon'' while remaining successful in his task. (As Howard Hawks explained to the French magazine ''Cahiers du Cinéma'', he didn't like the idea, especially since ''High Noon's'' sheriff eventually proved a little luck -- and some help from his bride -- made him perfectly capable of doing his job alone.)
John T. Chance works as the sheriff of a small Texas town, but he can't even use a sixshooter properly -- and to add to his problems, the brother of the local rancher who pretty much runs the town sits in his jail. The rancher sends plenty of hired guns to get his brother out of jail, and the only people Chance can count on for help include his old, crippled deputy, Stumpy and a washed-up drunk called [[Dean Martin|Dude]] (or Borrachón, Spanish for
[[John Carpenter]] remade this film in 1976 as ''[[Assault on Precinct 13]]'' by placing the story into a contemporary setting. (''Precinct 13'' ended up being [[Assault on Precinct 13|remade in 2005]].)
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