

The Ox-Bow Incident
Lynch law rules the mob!
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
2- J10/10
John Chard
7/1/2017
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…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/4/2022
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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