FILM

Fort Apache (1948)

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

Film · 1948 · 128 min · Western

John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!

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.

Directed by John Ford

Starring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	24 June 1948
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	21 May 1948

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