Fort Apache (1948)

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Written by James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent

Directed by John Ford

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1948

Rating: U Certificate

Filmed in Black and White

The first of John Ford's cavalry trilogy, in which a commanding officer, bitter at his demotion after the Civil War, takes his resentment out on the men of Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the Arizona desert. He is determined to tighten up discipline, but eventually shows his ignorance of Indian behaviour when he leads his troops into a deadly confrontation.

Cast

Image for John WayneJohn WayneCapt. Kirby York
Image for Henry FondaHenry FondaLt. Col. Owen Thursday
Shirley TemplePhiladelphia Thursday
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.Sgt. Beaufort
Ward BondSgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
George O'BrienCapt. Sam Collingwood
Victor McLaglenSgt. Festus Mulcahy
Anna LeeMrs. Emily Collingwood
Irene RichMrs. Mary O'Rourke
Dick ForanSgt. Quincannon
Guy KibbeeCapt. Dr. Wilkens
Grant WithersSilas Meacham
Jack PennickSgt. Daniel Schattuck
Ray HykeLt. Gates
MovitaGuadalupe

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