Fort Apache

Name: Fort Apache
Director: John Ford
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-05-21
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 7.038
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond

“John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!”

1948

2h 8m

Western

Director: John Ford

Writers: James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent

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Overview

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.