The Ox-Bow Incident Movie Review 1943

A popular rancher is murdered, and a mob of angry townspeople can't wait for the sheriff to find the killers. They hang the young man, despite the protests of Fonda, a cowboy with a conscience. Excellent study of mob mentality with strong individual characterizations. A brilliant western based on a true story by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. Also see "Twelve Angry Men"--less tragic but just as moving.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 75 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Ethics & Morals, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Cast

Henry Fonda, Harry (Henry) Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Frank Conroy, Harry Davenport, Jane Darwell, William Eythe, Mary Beth Hughes

Cinematography

Arthur C. Miller

Director

William A. Wellman

Music

Cyril Mockridge

Producer

20th Century-Fox

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 1943: Director (Wellman), Natl. Film Reg. 1998.