Fort Apache (1948)Written by James Warner Bellah, Frank S. NugentDirected by John FordRunning Time: 100 minutes (approx)Production Year: 1948Rating: U CertificateFilmed in Black and WhiteThe 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. Click to see when Fort Apache is coming up on TV: UK Cast
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