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Fort Apache(Film,1948)

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The first of John Ford's cavalry trilogy, in which a commanding officer, bitter at his demotion after the Civil War, takes his resentment out on the men of Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the Arizona desert. He is determined to tighten up discipline, but eventually shows his ignorance of Indian behaviour when he leads his troops into a deadly confrontation.Black and WhiteKeywords: Western, Movie, Film, 4 Star, Movies, Films, Black and White, U
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Directed by

John Ford

Written by

James Warner Bellah
Frank S. Nugent

Cast

John Wayne.... Capt. Kirby York
Henry Fonda.... Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Shirley Temple.... Philadelphia Thursday
Pedro Armendáriz.... Sgt. Beaufort
Ward Bond.... Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
George O'Brien.... Capt. Sam Collingwood
Victor McLaglen.... Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Anna Lee.... Mrs. Emily Collingwood
Irene Rich.... Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Dick Foran.... Sgt. Quincannon
Guy Kibbee.... Capt. Dr. Wilkens
Grant Withers.... Silas Meacham
Jack Pennick.... Sgt. Daniel Schattuck
Ray Hyke.... Lt. Gates
Movita.... Guadalupe

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