Ambiguously Gay: Due to the Hays Code it could only be implied, but Gerald is often mocked by his father for being weak and feminine, he gets several lingering shots of looking at Juan Martinez, and his actor, William Eythe, was gay.The law is there for a reason, and without due process, one cannot know for sure who is guilty and who is actually innocent, as demonstrated by the horrid deeds of the posse. An Aesop: The whole point of the movie is that vigilantism is a bad thing.Adaptational Heroism: Gil and Croft vote against the hanging in the film, and Gil tries to stop it by force, while in the book they sided with the majority.Acquitted Too Late: The three men they find turn out to be innocent.This film is noted for its scathing indictment of vigilantism, and showcases what it means to take the law into one's own hands and ignore due process. Meanwhile, drifters Art Croft (Harry Morgan) and Gil Carter (Fonda) are among the few who want to see the crooks tried fairly in court. Once they catch up to them, the posse, under the influence of Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), decide to hang them on the spot. Deputy Butch Mapes forms an illegal posse to bring back the suspects alive for trial. Wellman and starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, and Mary Beth Hughes, received its only Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.īridger's Well, Nevada, 1885: A rancher named Larry Kinkaid is reported dead, murdered by cattle rustlers. A 1940 Western novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, The Ox-Bow Incident was adapted into a film in 1943.
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