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Fort Apache

1948 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7/10

Rating

128 min

Runtime

1948

Release Year

John Ford

Director

Cast

John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of Fort Apache

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.

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