The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Timing: 1:16 (76 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1943-03-11

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

Western, Drama

Budget

$565 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

William A. Wellman

Actors

Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Matt Briggs, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy
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Scenario

Producer

Lamar Trotti, William Goetz

Operator

Arthur C. Miller

Composer

Cyril J. Mockridge

Artist

Audition

Editing

Allen McNeil
All team (25)

• William A. Wellman loved Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel 'The Ox-Bow Incident' and had long nurtured the idea of filming it, but the rights holders insisted that he include a role for Mae West in the film, which Wellman considered absurd. Eventually, Wellman bought the rights to the novel himself in order to film it as he saw fit.
• Henry Fonda, who had a deferment, immediately joined the Navy after finishing filming.
• In 1998, the film was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
• Henry Fonda was generally dissatisfied with the quality of the films he was contractually obligated to appear in for 20th Century Fox. 'The Ox-Bow Incident' is one of only two films from that period that he worked on with enthusiasm. The other was 'The Grapes of Wrath'.
• Henry Fonda was generally dissatisfied with the quality of the films he was contractually obligated to make with 20th Century Fox. "The Ox-Bow Incident" is one of only two films from that period he worked on with enthusiasm. The other was "The Grapes of Wrath."