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.| Status: | Released (1948-06-14) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 1 nomination |
| Screen: | Frank S. Nugent, James Warner Bellah |
| Productions: | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Español |
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Casts
- 4165: John Wayne - Capt. Kirby York
- 4958: Henry Fonda - Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
- 95624: Shirley Temple - Philadelphia Thursday
- 96973: Pedro Armendáriz - Sgt. Beaufort
- 4303: Ward Bond - Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
- 9087: George O’Brien - Capt. Sam Collingwood
- 30495: Victor McLaglen - Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Crews
- 70037: James Warner Bellah - Story - Writing
- 8500: John Ford - Director - Directing
- 30491: Frank S. Nugent - Screenplay - Writing
- 3238: Merian C. Cooper - Producer - Production
- 1539028: Ann Peck - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 2763: James Basevi - Art Direction - Art
- 33174: Archie Stout - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
Any questions? Fort Apache is the first film of what came to be known as John Ford's US Cavalry trilogy. Just like the other two, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon & Rio Grande, this is also based on a short story by James Warner Bellah. Originally intended to be shot in colour, it was how ....
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Certainly, I think, the best of the John Ford US cavalry trilogies this one. Henry Fonda is cracking as the honourable, but out of his depth, by-the-book colonel sent to run a ramshackle army post just as the Apache are on the rise again. He replaces the far more practically experien ....
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