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The Ox-Bow Incident

Lynch law rules the mob!

7.7(441)19431h 16m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$565K
Box office
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Language
English
  • saloon
  • horseback riding
  • nevada
  • arbitrary law
  • theft
  • justice
  • lynching
  • posse
  • lynch mob
  • cattle rustling
  • 19th century
  • defiant

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City, New York8 May 1943
    • TheatricalNR21 May 1943
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical(Rated A)11 Mar 1943
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical9 Dec 1943
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical9 Sept 1943
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 141 Jan 1944
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical15 Nov 1946
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Sept 1948
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD, Blu ray4 Jul 2016
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 1418 Dec 1944

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The Ox-Bow Incident was released on 11 March 1943.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    7/1/2017

    10/10

    There can't be any such thing as civilisation unless people have a conscience. The Ox-Bow Incident is directed by William A. Wellman and adapted to screenplay by Lomar Trotti from the novel of the same name written by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. It stars Henry Fonda, Henry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe and Jane Darwell. Music is scored by Cyril J. Mockridge and cinematography b…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/4/2022

    7/10

    When "Larry Kincaid" is shot, the townsfolk rise up and decide to pursue the killers. Led by Confederate officer "Tetley" (Frank Conroy) they alight on three folks in the wilderness moving some cattle. It seems that these three had recently been with "Kincaid" and so a kangaroo court is duly assembled with a view to lynching them. William Wellman now develops one of the most tautly presented half hours of cinema I've…

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