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Fort Apache: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz. At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
- (19K)
- Drama, Western
- John Ford
- 1948-05-21
Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. [4] [5] The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne. The screenplay was inspired by James Warner Bellah 's short story ...
- $2.1 million
- Richard Hageman
- March 27, 1948
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Abdullah Abbas. ... Officer at Dance (uncredited) Danny Borzage. ... Recruit With Mustache / Accordionist at Serenade (uncredited) Cliff Clark.
Fort Apache. Henry Fonda is a fanatical cavalry commander of a remote outpost bent on leading his men to slaughter. Also featuring John Wayne and Victor McLaglen. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
- 127 min
Fort Apache, American western film, released in 1948, that was the first, and widely considered the best, of director John Ford’s “cavalry trilogy.” Inspired by the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), the film was unique for its time in portraying Native Americans sympathetically as victims of the
- Lee Pfeiffer
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