THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: William A. Wellman
Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews,
Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, Jane Darwell.
A couple of cowpokes reluctantly join a posse riding out after some rustlers, only to end up on the short end of the argument when the posse turns into a lynch mob. William Wellman's spare, gripping indictment of mob justice, a classic western based on the novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. There's a lot of Tom Joad in Fonda's incorruptible cowboy, and a lot of Henry Fonda in both of them. Harry Morgan, then in his 20s, plays Fonda's sidekick, the best movie role of his career.
Harry Morgan
(1915-2011)
