1949
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Plot. After the American Civil War, highly respected veteran Captain Kirby York is the acting commander at Fort Apache, an isolated U.S. cavalry post on the Arizona frontier. York commanded his own regiment during the Civil War and had learned the ways of the Apache.
A young and arrogant lieutenant colonel clashes with a veteran captain over the treatment of the local Apache tribe at Fort Apache. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic western film.
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- Drama, Western
- John Ford
- 1948-05-21
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Fort Apache, American western film, released in 1948, that was the first, and widely considered the best, of director John Ford’s “cavalry trilogy.” Inspired by the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), the film was unique for its time in portraying Native Americans sympathetically as victims of the
- Lee Pfeiffer
Fort Apache Historic Park. Tour well-preserved ruins and a historic military outpost at this Apache Wars-era settlement. The forests and rivers near present-day Pinetop-Lakeside sustained the Apache people and their ancestors for thousands of years.
In Arizona, after the Civil War, Lt. Col. Owen Thursday and his teenaged daughter Philadelphia stop at a rest station on the road to Fort Apache, where Thursday has just been reassigned as cavalry commander.
Fort Apache (1948) NR 06/24/1948 (US) Western 2h 5m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier! Overview. 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.
