Fort Apache
John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!
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5/21/1948Runtime
128 minsGenres
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,500,000Revenue
$3,000,000Homepage
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A sober, deliberate tragedy about a man consumed by the pursuit of glory who draws an entire garrison into catastrophe. Ford presents the mechanics of military pride and massacre with formal, unflinching clarity.
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John Wayne
Capt. Kirby York
Henry Fonda
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Shirley Temple
Philadelphia Thursday
Pedro Armendáriz
Sgt. Beaufort
Ward Bond
Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
George O'Brien
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Victor McLaglen
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Anna Lee
Mrs. Emily Collingwood
Irene Rich
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Dick Foran
Sgt. Quincannon
Guy Kibbee
Capt. Dr. Wilkens
Grant Withers
Silas Meacham
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