Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED & REALISTIC WESTERN:

A cowboy is unable to prevent three wandering travellers from being unjustly lynched for murder. One of the great Westerns to date, THE OX-BOW INCIDENT - based on an actual event occuring in 1885 Nevada - is a powerful and ugly portrait of mob violence that equals majestic Greek tragedy. This is a Wellman masterpiece, shown through a glass darkly or not, one where he uncannily penetrates the psyche of his characters with brilliant exposure. The whole film is coated with shadow (for doubt and fear) and it... more info

A not-so-famous gem!:

When, oh when will this movie come out on DVD? I often don't agree with "film critics", but this Western deserves all the accolades it gets. This movie speaks to the dangers of mob rule. Films so often become preachy and condescending when trying to tell a story with a 'moral' behind it such as this, but William Wellman pulls it off here with beauty and finesse.

Henry Fonda is at his most believable in this role, much better in my opinion than in '12 Angry Men', where he single-handedly convinces 11 other... more info

A masterpiece!:

What are the last consequences about a crowd who decide to lynch a man?
Notice this film is made in just the middle of WW2. William Wellman made a timeless script about the no sense and the unthinkable behavior of a crowd in a small town who have decided in the name of a collective honor code to make justice by themselves.
You must have noticed that in the most of the cases the human being acts due the passion instead the reason. And that's the nucleus of the film . The concept of justice can not... more info

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