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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 3:27:39 GMT
I guess most of such movies would be the western genre films.
The best movie that I recall on the topic is " The Ox-bow Incident (1943)". It stars Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews in a very memorable role. I have seen many other movies that involve lynching but for whatever reason I can't recall the names. |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 3:41:24 GMT
THEY WON'T FORGET (1937) -- Fictionalized version of the infamous 1913 trial and lynching down south of northern teacher Leo Frank, convicted of killing student Mary Phalen and then hanged by an angry mob (it was later proved that he was innocent).
THE SOUND OF FURY (1950) -- based on the 1933 California lynching of two men who kidnapped and murdered the son of a local businessman -- the Governor was instrumental in working up the citizenry to commit mob violence.
FURY (1936) -- irate townspeople storm the jail and nearly lynch innocent Spencer Tracy.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 3:46:52 GMT
THEY WON'T FORGET (1937) Fictional version of the infamous 1913 trial and lynching down south of northern teacher Leo Frank, convicted and lynched of killing student Mary Phalen (it was later proved that he was innocent). THE SOUND OF FURY (1950) -- based on the 1933 California lynching of two men who kidnapped and murdered the son of a local businessman -- the Governor was instrumental in working up the citizenry to commit mob violence. FURY (1936) -- irate townspeople storm the jail and nearly lynch innocent Spencer Tracy. I have seen and liked Fury (1936) though didn't know about They Won't Forget (1937) and The Sound of Fury (1950). I just checked the IMDB mini plots for both the movies and they seem to be the movies that I might like a lot!. Thanks a lot, Matt, for your interesting recommendations. |
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 7, 2018 3:51:25 GMT
Hang 'em High
Johnny Guitar
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 4:05:06 GMT
Hang 'em High Johnny Guitar I thought Hang 'em High was a pretty decent movie though I liked High Plains Drifter more. But Hang 'em High particularly reminds me of Inger Stevens who had pretty different face than what you would expect from a filmstar. Unfortunately, she died too young. |
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 7, 2018 4:11:43 GMT
Not sure about a lynching in The Cardinal, but Tom Tryon cops a hell of a bull-whipping.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 7, 2018 4:12:27 GMT
Near lynchings in The Hanging Tree, To Kill a Mockingbird, and O Brother, Where Art Thou.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 4:15:02 GMT
I will add PLACES IN THE HEART (1984), in which we see the horrific and heartbreaking aftermath of a brutal lynching of a young boy. Just checked the mini profile of the movie, Spiderwort, yet another genre (Drama) than the ones listed before. It would definitely be on my watchlist. Thanks a lot! |
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 7, 2018 4:17:02 GMT
Not sure about a lynching in The Cardinal, but Tom Tryon cops a hell of a bull-whipping. Oh, yeah. That's probably what I'm remembering. Tryon's confrontation with the KKK. I need to see that film again. It's been too long. Getting whipped on-screen was probably less painful than what Preminger was dishing out off-screen. |
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 4:18:55 GMT
Near lynchings in The Hanging Tree, To Kill a Mockingbird, and O Brother, Where Art Thou. Yeah, good choices though I have not seen the last one. I wanted to mention in the OP that near lynchings also qualify for this thread but good of you to add them.
Another near lynching movie is Bend of the River (1952), one of the 5 westerns that saw collaboration of Anthony Mann and the great James Stewart.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 7, 2018 4:20:33 GMT
I think there's a lynching in Lady Sings the Blues....but haven't seen that one since it was in cinemas.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 4:44:19 GMT
Some other near-lynchings, besides MOCKINGBIRD:
BOOMERANG! (1947)
WYATT EARP (1994)
BROKEN ARROW (1950)
THE BARON OF ARIZONA (1951)
And Fonda as Abe talks down a lynch mob in YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 7, 2018 4:51:16 GMT
Some other near-lynchings, besides MOCKINGBIRD: BOOMERANG! (1947) WYATT EARP (1994) BROKEN ARROW (1950) THE BARON OF ARIZONA (1951) And Fonda as Abe talks down a lynch mob in YOUNG MR. LINCOLN is often called prototype for 12 Angry Men. A very good movie that I recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it. Dana Andrews was pretty good back in the days. |
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 5:00:29 GMT
The scene in the LINCOLN film, and especially OX-BOW were very personal projects for Henry Fonda. When he was just a lad in Omaha, Nebraska he and his father witnessed the lynching of a Negro boy in the town square. The whole community turned out for the event. It haunted him for years afterward.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 7, 2018 5:27:04 GMT
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. At least they came close.
Rosewood
The Virginian ("Smile when you say that")
Johnny Reno (w/ Dana Andrews)
But in the film They Won't Forget, I don't believe the victim of the lynching was proven innocent.
Near lynching in 'Dodge City'.
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 7, 2018 8:13:51 GMT
Yes, the film FORGET leaves the question of his guilt or innocence open for the audience to consider.
In my original post, I was referring to the actual case that the picture was based on.
Sorry about the confusion -- I should have made that more clear.
In SANTA FE TRAIL, Raymond Massey's 'John Brown' almost strings up hero Errol Flynn. He was saved by Ronald Reagan as 'George Custer' leading his first charge.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 7, 2018 8:40:46 GMT
Obviously
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Which inspired:
CANNON FOR CORDOBA
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
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Post by manfromplanetx on Oct 7, 2018 8:53:40 GMT
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a uncompromising cattle baron , ruthless and obsessed with wealth, he has a close bond with his daughter Vance (Barbara Stanwyck) . When his relationship with Vance is broken T.C. and his men cruelly lynch Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) Vance's close confidant her childhood sweetheart. The Furies (1950) Anthony Mann.  |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 7, 2018 9:02:16 GMT
THEY WON'T FORGET (1937) -- Fictionalized version of the infamous 1913 trial and lynching down south of northern teacher Leo Frank, convicted of killing student Mary Phalen and then hanged by an angry mob (it was later proved that he was innocent). He ran a pencil factory which had underage employees. Phagan was an employee not a student.
Interesting that those who say Frank (who had wealthy friends) was innocent, were blaming it on a black janitor. A politically correct hot potato.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Oct 7, 2018 9:07:22 GMT
The Lawless (1950) Joseph Losey A social conscious drama Larry Wilder (Macdonald Carey) arrives in a small Californian farming community. Wilder had been a big-city newspaper reporter, a righteous newspaper editor he becomes concerned about the plight of the state's fruit pickers who are mostly poor immigrants from Mexico. When a relatively minor incident gets out of control a race riot ensues. A lynch mob is rounded up by the bigoted towsfolk who want blood, they destroy the newspaper office along the way... 
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