The Ox-Bow Incident (Strange Incident) (1942)

IMDb Top 250 [Official] (252 movies items)

"(1943) 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."

Top Ten Performances - Anthony Quinn (12 movies items)

" as Juan Martínez "

1001 Movies ... my own version (1940's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I’m usually not a huge fan of such vintage Westerns but this one actually really grabbed me. Indeed, it might seem to be a short and simple Western without much action and lots of dialogues instead. It’s too bad I saw it on YouTube without subtitles and I did struggle to follow the dialogues so I will probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it turned out to be some kind of Western version of ‘12 Angry Men’ and even though it probably didn’t go so deep, it was"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I’m usually not a huge fan of such vintage Westerns but this one actually really grabbed me. Indeed, it might seem to be a short and simple Western without much action and lots of dialogues instead. It’s too bad I saw it on YouTube without subtitles and I did struggle to follow the dialogues so I will probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it turned out to be some kind of Western version of ‘12 Angry Men’ and even though it probably didn’t go so deep, it was"

A classic

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this movie but since it was included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’, I was quite eager to check it out. To be honest, I’m usually not a huge fan of such vintage Westerns but this one actually really grabbed me. In fact, it might seem to be a short and simple Western without much action and lots of dialogues instead. It’s too bad I saw it on YouTube without subtitles and I did struggle to follow the dialogues so I will probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it turned out to be some kind of Western version of ‘12 Angry Men’ and even though it probably didn’t go so deep, it was still really effective and often quite fascinating to watch. Back then, it was actually quite a controversial movie, it was even a flop wh” read more

Film Diary 2021 (210 movies items)

"10.5 "

Slant's 100 Best Westerns of All Time (100 movies items)

"William Wellman’s hard-edged, stark style made him ideally suited for adapting The Ox-Bow Incident, a stripped-down moral drama that shows off the director’s facility with both crime fiction and low-budget westerns. In it, two drifters, Gil (Henry Fonda) and Art (Harry Morgan), end up joining a posse of enraged townspeople when one of their local ranchers is murdered by rustlers. The mob immediately whips itself into a frenzy as they seek someone to punish, and though Gil and Art initially j"

“The great Spencer Tracy said in Fury!*** This review contains spoilers ***When I think to myself what are the most pessimistic films, The Ox-Bow Incid”

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"True rating : 7,5/10"

Top Ten Performances - Henry Fonda (15 movies items)

" as Gil Carter "

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1940's) (86 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I’m usually not a huge fan of such vintage Westerns but this one actually really grabbed me. Indeed, it might seem to be a short and simple Western without much action and lots of dialogues instead. It’s too bad I saw it on YouTube without subtitles and I did struggle to follow the dialogues so I will probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it turned out to be some kind of Western version of ‘12 Angry Men’ and even though it probably didn’t go so deep, it was"

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2020) (1001 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, I’m usually not a huge fan of such vintage Westerns but this one actually really grabbed me. Indeed, it might seem to be a short and simple Western without much action and lots of dialogues instead. It’s too bad I saw it on YouTube without subtitles and I did struggle to follow the dialogues so I will probably re-watch it at some point. Anyway, it turned out to be some kind of Western version of ‘12 Angry Men’ and even though it probably didn’t go so deep, it was"