The Ox-Bow Incident

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Western film film film noir

The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film noir about a lynch mob’s rush to judgment, renowned for its stark moral themes and powerful performances.

Aliases (1)

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943 film) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Western film → film → film noir →
authorOfSourceWork	Walter Van Tilburg Clark →
basedOn	The Ox-Bow Incident (novel) →
castMember	Anthony Quinn → Dana Andrews → Frank Conroy → Harry Morgan → Henry Fonda → Jane Darwell → Leigh Whipper → Marc Lawrence → Mary Beth Hughes NERFINISHED → William Eythe →
cinematographyBy	Arthur C. Miller →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	William A. Wellman NERFINISHED →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	Allen McNeil →
filmColorType	black-and-white →
genre	Western → drama film → film noir →
hasSetting	American West →
mainTheme	collective guilt → lynching → mob justice → moral responsibility → rule of law → rush to judgment →
motionPictureRating	Approved (Production Code era) →
musicBy	Cyril J. Mockridge NERFINISHED →
narrativeLocation	fictional town of Bridger Wells →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Picture →
notableFor	depiction of lynch mob psychology → powerful ensemble performances → stark moral themes →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Lamar Trotti →
productionCompany	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation →
publicationDate	1943 →
releaseYear	1943 →
runtimeMinutes	75 →
screenwriter	Lamar Trotti →
setInCountry	United States →
setInPeriod	1880s →
setInRegion	Nevada →
stars	Henry Fonda →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur C. Miller → Henry Fonda →	notableWork
Jane Darwell ("The Ox-Bow Incident (1943 film)") →	appearedIn
Arthur C. Miller →	workedOn