Fort Apache

1948 PG-13 2h 8m

7.0 /10

399

Genre

Western

Plot

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.

Director

John Ford

Writers

Frank S. Nugent James Warner Bellah

Stars

John Wayne Henry Fonda Shirley Temple

Cast & Crew

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

Sgt. Daniel Schattuck

2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke

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Abdullah Abbas

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Recruit With Mustache / Accordionist at Serenade (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Stage Driver (uncredited)

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Jane Crowley

Officer's Wife (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Newspaperman (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)

William Forrest

Reporter (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Cavalryman (uncredited)

Frank McGrath

Cpl. Derice (uncredited)

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Clyde McLeod

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

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Russell Meeker

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

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Al Murphy

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

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John Rice

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

NCO at Dance (uncredited)

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Leslie Sketchley

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Officer at Dance (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Tom O'Feeney (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Eleanore Vogel

Officer's Wife (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

9 Jul 2022

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-b...

John Chard

29 May 2019

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...