Fort Apache (1948)

125 min · Classical Western, Western film, war film

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Directors

John Ford

Cast

John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Irene Rich, John Agar, Dick Foran

The story

A stagecoach races across the Southwestern desert, carrying widower Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday and his daughter, Philadelphia, to his new posting at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post on the Arizona frontier. Thursday is impatient and full of complaints, revealing little understanding of the country.

Catalogue themes and tags

Action/Adventure, Western, Cavalry Film, Black-and-white, War film

Genres

Classical Western, Western film, war film

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