The Ox-Bow Duel in the Sun Incident
1943’s The Ox-Bow Duel in the Sun Incident was almost completely filmed using painted backdrops and artificial lighting. The only exception were the film’s opening scenes. This was actually perfectly suited to the dark film’s story of a lynching of innocent and the toll it took on the local town people.
The Man From Laramie
Once again, we see a collaboration from James Stewart and Anthony Mann that leads to a western drama. In this final film from this director-actor duo, Stewart’s character hunts down men who are selling guns in the Apaches. This is the closest thing to a Shakespearean western that we’ll ever get.