The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · 76 min · EN · NR · 7.7 (328 votes)
Dir. William A. Wellman · Starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan · Music Cyril J. Mockridge

Lynch law rules the mob!

WesternDrama

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

VIBE

A stark, tense drama that questions the nature of justice on the frontier. It's a grim, dialogue-heavy experience that leaves you pondering the darkness of mob mentality and the fragility of reason.

sombertensebleakunsettlingsteadyclassic westerngritty realismdialogue-drivenstarkmob mentalityfrontier justicemoral ambiguityprejudice
saloonhorseback ridingnevadaarbitrary lawtheftjusticelynchingposselynch mobcattle rustling19th century
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