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7.0Owen 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.
Released: 1948-05-21128 minDir: John FordWesternBudget: $2.5MBox office: $3.0M
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Cast
- John Wayne as Capt. Kirby York
- Henry Fonda as Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
- Shirley Temple as Philadelphia Thursday
- Pedro Armendáriz as Sgt. Beaufort
- Ward Bond as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
- George O'Brien as Capt. Sam Collingwood
Themes
- apache nation
- colonel
- slaughter
- black and white
- military
- tortured to death
- american civil war
- 19th century
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
21,234 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1948
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenwriter
- Frank S. Nugent
- Cast member
- William Forrest
- Composer
- Richard Hageman
- Producer
- John Ford
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- William H. Clothier
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 679123
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Eiganotomo-fortapache-nov1952.jpg
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- Commons category
- Fort Apache (film)
- publication date
- 1948-03-27
- title
- Fort Apache
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- James Basevi
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Jack Murray
- review score
- 100%
- capital cost
- 2100000
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