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Fort Apache

The first of John Ford's cavalry trilogy, in which a demoted commanding officer takes his resentment out on the men of Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the Arizona desert.

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 American Indian behaviour when he leads his troops into a deadly confrontation.

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2 hours, 2 minutes

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Credits

Captain Kirby York John Wayne
Lieutenant Col Owen Thursday Henry Fonda
Philadelphia Thursday Shirley Temple
Sergeant Major Michael O'Rourke Ward Bond
Lieutenant Michael O'Rourke John Agar
Sergeant Beaufort Pedro Armendariz
Captain Collingwood George O'Brien
Sergeant Festus Mulcahy Victor McLaglen
Mrs Collingwood Anna Lee
Mrs O'Rourke Irene Rich
Chief Cochise Miguel Inclan
Johnny Reb Jack Pennick
Director John Ford
Producer Merian C Cooper
Writer Frank Nugent

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