THE OX-BOW INCIDENT

(1943) In 1885 Nevada, cowpokes Henry Fonda and Harry (M*A*S*H) Morgan find a trail break in town turning into a lynch mob frenzy, with Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn and Francis Ford (John’s older brother) ticketed for the rope — but are they really guilty? Wellman’s labor of love shattered sagebrush stereotypes.
2:40, 6:00, 9:20

YELLOW SKY

(1948) Holed up in ghost town Yellow Sky after a post-bank robbery chase across a desert, Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark and the gang find they’re not alone when tom-boyish Anne Baxter gets the drop on them — and then there’s gold!
1:00, 4:10, 7:30

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THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
"A magnificent film... As the work of unhampered artists, it is for the audience a thrilling experience... A significant moment in our culture."
– Manny Farber

“A flawless work, one of the greatest of Westerns, featuring one of Henry Fonda's finest performances.”
– John Andrew Gallagher & Frank Thompson

“Impressively taut… Its affinity to film noir is evident not only in the dark shadowy photography, but in the gallery of grotesques that populates this decidedly uncelebratory portrait of the frontier spirit.”
– Geoff Andrew, Time Out (London)

YELLOW SKY
“Greatly underrated, with a taut script by Ox-Bow scribe Lamar Trotti (from a W.R. Burnett story), incisive performances by Peck, Baxter and Widmark, and fine use made of the vivid topographical contrast of rocky, mountainous terrain shoved up against sun-blasted salt flats.”
– Andrew Tracy, Cinemascope

“Beautifully shot in Death Valley… Gritty and ambitious.”
– Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

“Intriguingly, Lamar Trotti’s screenplay develops WR Burnett's source story with The Tempest in mind, the subtler analogies serving to provide resonances… Beautifully cast and characterized, this is one of Wellman's best films.”
– Geoff Andrew, Time Out (London)

“Strong acting, well-paced direction, an excellent script, beautiful cinematography and compositions, masterful settings and a gritty sense of the Old West make Yellow Sky one of Wellman's best pictures.”
– John Andrew Gallagher & Frank Thompson