Top billed cast

1. 

   John Wayne

   Capt. Kirby York

2. 

   Henry Fonda

   Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

3. 

   Shirley Temple

   Philadelphia Thursday

4. 

   Pedro Armendáriz

   Sgt. Beaufort

5. 

   Ward Bond

   Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke

6. 

   George O'Brien

   Capt. Sam Collingwood

7. 

   Victor McLaglen

   Sgt. Festus Mulcahy

8. 

   Anna Lee

   Mrs. Emily Collingwood

9. 

   Irene Rich

   Mrs. Mary O'Rourke

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-05-29

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Fort Apache is the first film of what came to be known as John Ford's US Cavalry trilogy. Just like the other two, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon & Rio Grande, this is also based on a short story by James Warner Bellah. Originally intended to be shot in colour, it was however filmed in black and white with Ford still making spectacular use of the Monument Valley location. The story primarily deals with opposite factions within the same army. On one hand is Lt. Col. Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda), stiffly rigid in his beliefs, a stickler for the rules and pig ignorant and hostile towar...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,500,000.00

Revenue
$3,000,000.00

Keywords

• apache nation
• colonel
• slaughter
• black and white
• military
• tortured to death
• american civil war
• 19th century