Fort Apache (1948)

Name: Fort Apache
Director: John Ford
Released: 1948-05-21
Rating: 7
Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond

Western

128 min

"John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!"

Plot Summary

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.