The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
"Lynch law rules the mob!"
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 92%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Mary Beth Hughes as Rose Mapen/Rose Swanson
William Eythe as Gerald Tetley
Jane Darwell as Ma Grier
Matt Briggs as Judge Daniel Tyler
Is The Ox-Bow Incident good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 441 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Overview
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot. Wikipedia ↗
