The Ox-bow Incident

When a rancher is reported murdered by cattle rustlers, the people of Ox-Bow decide to take justice into their own hands and lynch the alleged killers. Henry Fonda plays the drifter who tries to come to their defense in this provocative film, considered by many to be Fonda's greatest western.   
Directed by William Wellman and co-starring Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes and Anthony Quinn, The Ox-Bow Incident is a stunning indictment of injustice, a movie that has stood the test of time to be acclaimed as one of Hollywood’s finest moments.