The Ox-Bow Incident

On hearing that a rancher has been murdered, a lynch mob rides out and finds three men with his cattle. The angry townsfolk want swift retribution but two drifters, unconvinced of the trio’s guilt, try to save them from the noose., William Wellman’s classic indictment of mob law starring Henry Fonda as a cowboy whom becomes involved in the lynching of three innocent men., William Wellman’s classic indictment of mob law starring Henry Fonda as a cowboy whom becomes involved in the lynching of three innocent men. With Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn The film was based on a true incident that happened in Nevada in 1885, This fact-based western stars Henry Fonda and Harry Morgan as drifters who attempt to stop a lynching of three men accused of the murder of a rancher. William Wellman’s study of mob mentality is universally acclaimed as one of the classics of the western genre., William Wellman directed this Western classic about mob violence. Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell. Davies: Harry Davenport. Tyler: Matt Briggs. Tetley: Frank Conroy. Farnley: Marc Lawrence. Darby: Victor Kilian. Mrs. Larch: Margaret Hamilton. Written by Dudley Nichols.