Fort Apache
“John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!”
7.0(428)19482h 8mEN
Directed by John Ford
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.
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apache nationcolonelslaughterblack and whitemilitarytortured to deathamerican civil war19th century
Budget $2.5MBox office $3.0M
