The Ox-Bow Incident
by William A. Wellman
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Mary Beth Hughes, William EytheDirector: William A. Wellman
Cinematographer: Arthur C. Miller
Editor: Allen McNeil
Producer: Lamar Trotti
Writer: Lamar Trotti
Writer: Walter Van Tilburg Clark
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: A Story About Misjudgment
Summary: 3 Stars
It is 1885 Nevada. Two men ride down a deserted street and stop at a saloon. They order whiskey. One girl has left town. What about entertainment? A fight? One rancher was found shot, his cattle missing. They form a posse to catch the murdering rustlers. "Get your guns!" Carter visits the Judge for Davies. The posse will be deputized to make them legal. They take along a preacher. Jenny joins the posse. Major Tetley arrives with news about the three rustlers. The men are deputized and leave in pursuit towards the old trail through the mountains. "Nobody never knew for sure." A stagecoach passes down the road. A shot hits one rider, but Art refuses to leave. The posse hears cattle in the distance. They ride into the camp to capture three men.
Major Tetley takes command. They question the prisoners. Don Martin's story is not believed. Will he get a fair trial? The posse decides to wait for sunrise. They all eat their fill. One man makes a break for freedom but is caught. He found a pistol on the road - it was Larry Kincaid's gun. Tetley asks for a vote, the majority are for hanging. And so the posse does what it wanted to do. They don't care about the claim of innocence. Returning, they meet the Sheriff who has shocking news! "Alright, let's go." Tetley's son gives his views on this event. There is a quiet and somber crowd in the saloon. Carter reads Martin's last letter to them. Justice is the conscience of humanity. Art and Carter leave to deliver the letter to Martin's widow.
This story is a change from those westerns (such as "The Virginian") that justified lynching. It is a warning against operating on unconfirmed rumors. This would be a better film if it was based on a true story and not fiction.
Summary of The Ox-Bow Incident
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.The Ox-Bow Incident is one of the essential Westerns, directed by William Wellman. A study of the effects--and aftereffects--of mob violence, this film (based on a true story) begins with the murder of a popular rancher. Angry townspeople form a posse, find suspects, and, without waiting for a trial, summarily hang them in an expression of biblically tinged frontier justice. But the one cowboy who tried to turn the mob aside ultimately proves that they executed innocent men. Made in 1943, the film features stunning black-and-white cinematography and a solid dramatic sense about what a deadly combination ignorance and self-righteousness can be. Fonda made this film between The Grapes of Wrath and My Darling Clementine, at a point when he was at the peak of his powers as a young actor. --Marshall Fine
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