The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Cast

Margaret Hamilton
as Mrs. Larch
Henry Fonda
as Gil Carter
Anthony Quinn
as Juan Martínez
Harry Morgan
as Art Croft

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Genres & Description

Action Drama Western

8.1 / 10

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.

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Wesley McJunkin

I saw this great masterpiece when I was about 16 years old. Now 30 years I can appreciate it even more so. Still the most poignant movie that I've ever seen. 10-25-2018 - @Friday, October 26, 2018 2:31 AM

EyeLean5280

One of Hollywood's best, ever. - @Wednesday, June 27, 2018 12:57 AM

Seth Thomas

One of the best movies in the history of Hollywood, and 98% of Americans have never heard of it. Do me a favor and show it to your children. - @Thursday, April 19, 2018 1:36 PM

castro and Weyler ruled Cuba and both mass-murdered the Cuban population.

Hmm! - @Wednesday, February 7, 2018 6:37 AM

Storm Hawk

Great touch how you don't see his eyes while he'd reading the letter. - @Sunday, June 25, 2017 7:04 PM

Maurice Robson

One of the best scenes in movie history. - @Tuesday, November 22, 2016 6:13 AM

BWild82

This movie and scene remind me of the words "Lock her up!!" So many have the lynch mob mentality still. All they need is a ring leader, a rabble rouser. And the lemmings go over the cliff, taking innocent people with them. - @Thursday, November 3, 2016 10:08 PM

KLRJUNE

This makes me think of our lynch mob media. Why, we outta lynch 'em, then write a nice lament about how wrong it was to do that. - @Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1:12 AM

William Currie

god bless dodge city, ks. et al, ergo erstwhile - @Wednesday, July 13, 2016 4:34 PM

Bob Anderson

Great classic movie. Love how the movie starts and ends with them riding their horses while "Red River Valley" plays mournfully in the back round, and that dog, check out that dog, just plain brilliant. - @Monday, April 18, 2016 11:20 PM

Bob Anderson

This movie reminds me of the townsfolk in Ferguson Missouri, they never wanted to know the truth they just wanted to hang a cop because he was white. Blind ignorant hatred - @Monday, April 18, 2016 11:11 PM

capoislamort100

Henry Fonda witnessed a real lynching when he was 14 yrs old in Omaha, Nebraska...I'm pretty sure him doing this movie was pretty painful, and also meant a lot to him! - @Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6:33 PM

Aubury R. McLaury

I've watched this western many times and it still touches me. The letter Fonda reads is something we all should take to heart. - @Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:29 PM

MrSperrell44

The Ox Bow Incident is my favorite Western of all time....Never has the media tried to push a moral story on honest law abiding citizens better than before this glory of a plot line. - @Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:45 AM

cdfgh1111

and he didn't have to use the F word one time..........or mock the name of G--. - @Monday, January 20, 2014 3:43 PM

Dan McDevitt

Possibly my all time favourite camera shot. - @Saturday, August 24, 2013 5:52 PM

fredg299

A beautiful statement of American values from a time before Hollywood warped them beyond recognition. "He said he wanted his wife to get this letter, didn't he? He said there was no one to look after the kids, didn't he?" Oh, I miss those days. - @Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:39 AM

Brad Tessier

The bully Farnley fighting back tears after the letter is read; what a touching moment. - @Saturday, July 20, 2013 4:35 AM

HawklordLI

This is one of those rare occasions when the movie is actually better than the book. - @Saturday, March 30, 2013 10:20 PM

artnotwar

Great scene. Fonda was the master of this type of speech. he always does just enough, never too much, never too little. - @Wednesday, August 29, 2012 5:55 PM

Shawty Woohoo

Just watched this beautiful flick. Well done Mr. Fonda - @Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:02 PM

jagoff jager

All of our love,respect and honor. Dr. Gemma J. and staff , Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto,Canada. - @Thursday, December 8, 2011 4:58 PM

John Decker

I could have done without the subtitles. - @Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:02 PM

John Decker

RIP Harry Morgan. Died today. 96 years young. - @Wednesday, December 7, 2011 10:13 PM

fullfist

Movie making at it's finest ! . The plot is simple (literally can be explained in a few sentences) but packed full of emotions and meaning. . The dialogue, the acting, that scene when the Mayor Tetley is confronted by his conscience materialized in the form of his own son. In his eyes you can see everything. . man ... the movie is just amazing. Hollywood isn't what it used to be. - @Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:35 PM

SJCreationsNetwork

This movie is a masterpiece. It's too bad that we people aren't making many movies like this anymore. - @Thursday, September 8, 2011 3:45 AM

Uptoyourfacelads

Heroic film made in one of the darkest years of the 20th century - @Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:43 PM

hanoc101

@maulcs I suppose he's half addressing the men who are about to hang him too. - @Monday, August 30, 2010 8:02 PM

maulCS

The only problem with this is that this is supposed to be a letter to his wife. Not very realistic. - @Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:11 PM

alan broome

Great speech, Wish people still had substance. We have lost our way. - @Monday, April 12, 2010 2:06 AM

somewhere6

That movie packs a lot into 75 minutes. Hollywood has chosen to forget how to make such films. - @Thursday, March 4, 2010 1:41 PM

frenchtoaster1970

A superior movie graced with superior acting. On a par with the "wherever there is a fight" sequence in the Grapes of Wrath. - @Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:18 AM

estala

great film and great director - @Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:14 PM

powergirl901

My fave moment in the film is when Fonda tries pulling out his gun during the hanging sequence, but encounters a little trouble instead. Great moment. - @Thursday, October 8, 2009 6:05 PM

SuperOmnicron

Outstanding! Again, decades before its time. - @Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:30 PM

Bestmanme08

Harry Morgan in great new bio (Charlton Heston: An Incredible Life:Revised Edition)at amazon! - @Monday, August 24, 2009 6:36 PM

Bill Jenks

i agree...absolutely correct - @Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:55 PM

centralparocker

One of the best westerns ever made. - @Friday, November 14, 2008 2:44 AM

latsblaster

I would like to see this film. - @Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:23 PM

🍕

Damn this movie was so good! - @Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:49 PM

grabit1

Darryl F. Zanuck, for all of his weaknesses, was one of only two-1/2 producer geniuses (the other whole on being David Selznick, and the other at least 1/2 being Pandro S. Berman at RKO). Like the others I mentioned, he did write and make movies himself, and I suspect that he didn't want to be a money man in the first place. So he allowed this movie to happen. I suspect that he was proud of it deep inside, even though he "protested" otherwise. - @Tuesday, July 8, 2008 6:35 AM

Joe Wooten

One of the 3 best westerns ever made: The Oxbow Incident Shane The Searchers The Oxbow Incident leaves one feeling guiltly about the attitudes shown during the "Incident" that we share at one time or another. One of the most powerful films I've ever seen. Ranks with "To Kill a Mockingbird" in it's scope of human weakness. - @Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:04 AM

Steve Kirschenbaum

For at least 25 years " Shane " has been my favorite Western. I just saw this and I think " Shane " may have been dethroned. However, this is more than just a western. It's a lesson on human nature. In the end, it's an absolute masterpiece, all done in just 75 minutes. - @Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:51 AM

Peter Hemming

It didn't make a dime when it was released. People didn't understand its meaning, yet William Wellman thought it was his best picture. Of the original cast, only Harry Morgan is alive. - @Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:42 AM