Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on August 27, 2020

Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews in "The Ox-Bow Incident" The Ox-Box Incident (1943) is an American western film directed by Wiliam A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, and an extraordinary supporting cast that includes Anthony Quinn, Harry Morgan, Mary Beth Hughes, and Jane Darwell. The   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 23, 2019

We know the score. Two drifters ride into town. They sidle up to the bar for some shots, looking for something to do in a lazy Nevada dust-hole. Their faces are equally familiar to anyone who has ever seen even a few of the old oaters. Feisty Henry Fonda as...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 21, 2014

The Ox-Bow Incident Directed by William A. Wellman Written by Lamar Trotti from the novel by Walter Van Tilberg Clark 1943/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix Rental Number 168 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Gil Carter: Hangin’ is any man’s busin   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 8, 2014

Starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan, Anthony Quinn, and many more, the film begins with two drifters (Fonda and Morgan) who enter a small western town. Soon it gets around that a man is dead and some of his cattle were also stolen. Hurriedly, a posse is put together...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 8, 2014

Starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan, Anthony Quinn, and many more, the film begins with two drifters (Fonda and Morgan) who enter a small western town. Soon it gets around that a man is dead and some of his cattle were also stolen. Hurriedly, a posse is put together...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on May 29, 2013

As part of my Father’s Day Guide, I’m reviewing the entire Henry Fonda Collection box-set.  In the interest of time, I will be combining reviews in twos or threes before reviewing the set overall. My first two reviews from 20th Century Fox‘s Henry Fonda collection comprise the bes   read more

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on April 13, 2010

This is the story of what happens to cowboys stuck in a little ghost town with no available women around to alleviate their testosterone levels. The setting is Nevada, 1885.  Two men drift into a little western town, where lately cattle thieves have been a problem.  One of the men,...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on October 2, 2008

The seventy-five minutes of The Ox-Bow Incident are some of the finest in cinema. The film is eventually a solemn examination of the human condition, quiet in its observations, with spare lines of dialogue of profound importance. But before this period in the film, which roughly lasts from twenty m   read more