The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

8.2	Listal rating
8.2	IMDB rating

Western (5), Drama (4), 1940s (3), Hanging (3), False Accusation (3), Lynching (3), Justice (3), 1943 (2), Small Town (2), Conscience (2), Sheriff (2), Revenge (2), 300 Greatest Films (2), IMDb Top250 (2), Friendship (2), Cowboy (2), Film Noir (2), Posse (2), Black & White (2), Drifter (2)

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Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done on the spot.

Directed by

William A. Wellman

Starring (View all) :

Henry Fonda

Gil Carter

Dana Andrews

Donald Martin

Mary Beth Hughes

Rose Mapen / Rose Swanson

Anthony Quinn

Juan Martínez / Francisco Morez

Gerald Tetley

Art Croft

Jenny Grier

Judge Daniel Tyler

Arthur Davies

Maj. Tetley

Written by (View all) :

Lamar Trotti

(writer)

Walter Van Tilburg Clark

(novel)

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A powerful study of mob mentality...

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 7 22:37

"I saw your face. It was the face of a depraved, murderous beast. Only two things ever meant anything to you: power and cruelty. You can't feel pity. You can't even feel guilt. You knew they were innocent, but you were crazy to see them hanged. And to make me watch it. I could've stopped you with a gun, just as any other animal can be stopped. But I couldn't do it because I'm a coward. Aren't you glad you made me go? Weren't you proud of me? How does it feel to have begot a weakling, Major? Does it make you afraid there may be some weakness in you, too? That other men might discover and whisper about?" Director William A. Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident, adapted from the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, was so far ahead of its time that audiences were turned off upon its theatrical rele...Read more

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