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MPAA Raing: NR
Director: John Ford
Genres: Cavalry Film, Traditional Western, Western
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Summary:
The first of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", Fort Apache stars John Wayne as captain Kirby York and Henry Fonda as Custer clone Lt. Col. Owen Thursday. Resentful of his loss in rank and transfer to the West after serving gallantly in the Civil War, the vainglorious Thursday insists upon imposing rigid authority on rough-and-tumble Fort Apache. He is particularly anxious to ... Full Summary >>

Cast:
John Wayne - (Capt. Kirby York)
Henry Fonda - (Lt. Col. Owen Thursday)
Ward Bond - (Sgt. Major O'Rourke)
Shirley Temple - (Philadelphia Thursday)
John Agar - (Lt. Michael "Mickey" O'Rourke)
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Review:
The first film of John_Ford's "cavalry trilogy," Fort Apache (1948) pits an arrogant Henry_Fonda against an Indian-savvy John_Wayne in a myth-making confrontation with Apache leader Cochise. A key antecedent to Ford's later The_Man_Who_Shot_Liberty_Valance (1962), Fort Apache deflates mythic lore about the cavalry's triumph ove... Continue >>

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