Not Rated| 1h 15min | Drama, Western | 1943
Director William A. Wellman (“Yellow Sky,” “Battleground”) based his thought-provoking Western “The Ox-Bow Incident” on a book about mob justice (of the same name) authored by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. Coming in at a mere 75 minutes, this tautly paced film was adapted for the screen by the brilliant scriptwriter Lamar Trotti. It’s a scathing indictment of mob rule and is perhaps the most powerful anti-lynching movie ever made.
