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The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell. Two cowboys arrive in a Western town, when news arrives that a local rancher has been murdered and his cattle stolen.
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The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1940 western novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark in which two local cattlemen are drawn into a lynch mob to find and hang three men presumed to be rustlers and the killers of a local man. It was Clark's first published novel.
- Walter Van Tilburg Clark
- 1940
The Ox-Bow Incident, novel by Walter van Tilburg Clark, published in 1940. This psychological study of corrupt leadership and mob rule was read as a parable about fascism when it first appeared. Set in Nevada in 1885, the story concerns the brutal lynching of three characters falsely accused of.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Ox-Bow Incident: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn. When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.
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- Drama, Western
- William A. Wellman
- 1943-05-21
Nevada, 1885. Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small town to discover that a beloved member of the community has been murdered and his cattle stolen. Vengeance-seeking townsfolk, aided by the Deputy Sherriff, quickly form a posse and set out to catch those responsible.
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned.
When The Ox-Bow Incident was published in 1940, it was soon regarded as one of the greatest Western novels of all time. Critics lauded it for its crisp storytelling, engaging characters, and courage in dealing with a theme not commonly found in the average cowboy tale.