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- When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local community leaders fought with the film's producers and threatened to sue because of the way the film depicted blacks and Puerto Ricans.
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The police of the 41st Precinct, or “Fort Apache” as it was named by the police who worked there, had a long reputation of racist abuse in the South Bronx. In 1978, it was identified by officials in the police department itself as a “problem precinct.”.
When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
Aug 24, 2011 · When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
Jun 5, 2014 · It was known as Fort Apache, but a once-beleaguered Bronx precinct house has risen from its fiery past to celebrate a centennial — and a new era in Bronx history.
- Denis Slattery
“Fort Apache”--the nickname summons a vision of a lone outpost of justice amid rampant lawlessness. When the 41st Precinct stood on Simpson Street, it was just that.
Aug 24, 2011 · When the film Fort Apache, The Bronx, starring Paul Newman as a conflicted cop patrolling a neighborhood ravaged by poverty and drugs, came out in 1981, it was a controversial hit. Local...
A similarly deluded motive led Paul Newman and producer David Susskind to glorify images of decay and violence in the name of altruistic “realism,” and to proclaim their own good intentions in making a film like Fort Apache: The Bronx.
