The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) 
a.k.a Strange Incident 
Director: William A. Wellman
== Plot Synopsis ==
When a posse captures three men (Dana Andrews, Francis Ford, and Anthony Quinn ) suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men.
==Male Deaths==
*Dana Andrews [Donald Martin]
*Frank Conroy [Major Tetley]
*Francis Ford [Alva Hardwicke]
*Anthony Quinn [Juan Martínez/Francisco Morez]
== Female Deaths ==
* None
== Trivia ==
# Henry Fonda was generally unhappy with the quality of the films he had to do while under contract to 20th Century-Fox. This was one of only two films from that period that he was actually enthusiastic about starring in. The other was The Grapes of Wrath (1940).
# Henry Fonda always regarded this as one of his favorite films.
# Henry Fonda's commitment to this film was partly due to his having witnessed, at age 14, the lynching of Will Brown in Omaha, NE, on September 28, 1919.
# Director William A. Wellman loved the novel "The Ox-Bow Incident" and had long wanted to make it into a film, but the rights-holders insisted that he cast Mae West in any adaptation, which Wellman thought was ridiculous. Finally, Wellman bought the rights himself, and proceeded to make the film "his" way. 
# The western street in this film is the same one used in The Gunfighter (1950).
# The film was completed and copyrighted in 1942, and 20th Century-Fox test screened it for a single audience in St. Louis, Missouri on December 4th to figure out how to market a film with such inflammatory politics. The film was not released until May 1943.
# Clint Eastwood selected this film as his favorite when polled by the AFI for its publication "Private Screenings."
# Henry Fonda was so keen to make the film that he worked for scale.
# This was the last movie ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture which received no other Academy Award nominations.
# Sara Allgood was originally cast in the role of "Jennie 'Ma' Grier," but was replaced by Florence Bates. Bates was then injured in a horseback riding scene, necessitating her replacement by Jane Darwell, who appears in the finished film.
# Head of 20th Century-Fox Darryl F. Zanuck overcame his objections to the contentious nature of the film by insisting that it be made cheaply on studio sets.
# Henry Fonda didn't take his Western clothes off, even sleeping in them, to help convey an authentic feel.
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