The Ox-Bow Incident
In this classic Western, when a posse catches up three men suspected of killing a local farmer, some of them become strongly divided on whether or not to lynch the men.
15 October 1879, Palmyra, Missouri, USA
3 October 1916, Topeka, Kansas, USA
19 January 1866, New York City, New York, USA
20 July 1909, Mill Valley, California, USA
16 April 1917, Haskell, Oklahoma, USA
13 November 1919, Alton, Illinois, USA
17 February 1910, New York City, New York, USA
7 April 1918, Mars, Pennsylvania, USA
27 February 1909, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
1 January 1909, Covington County, Mississippi, USA
10 April 1915, Detroit, Michigan, USA
6 March 1891, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
November 11, 2003
...the movie suggests we had better look to doing the right and decent thing before we act on a majority decision made in the heat of the moment.
October 17, 2003
It should tell you something that this was among Orson Welles' favourite films
February 20, 2008
One of the first probes of mob lynch, Wellman's grim, uncompromising expose was critically acclaimed but failed, perhaps because it was released during WWII, when viewers wanted more escapist entertainment
August 21, 2002
Studio-bound (it looks like a 50s TV film), but powerful
January 05, 2004
One of the top movie westerns.
May 14, 2008
It holds up as the best anti-lynching film ever made.
December 13, 2003
Were it not for the horses, the script as filmed could easily be performed on the stage as a three-act play.
March 02, 2004
In contrast to the familiar Western device of the hero obliged to take the law into his own hands… a grim, messy cautionary tale about vigilante justice and mob rule.
October 22, 2003
one of the saddest movies ever produced
March 19, 2011
Apesar do final que soletra a mensagem do filme, é um western atípico, denso e, principalmente, corajoso para sua época.
April 20, 2003
Packs a pretty incredible emotional punch in its brief 75 minutes.
