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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Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
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 |
Broadcasts
- Sat 14 Jun 2008 22:30
- Sat 8 Nov 2008 14:25´óÏó´«Ã½ Two Scotland
- Sat 8 Nov 2008 14:55´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Scotland & Yorkshire
- Sun 11 Apr 2010 13:20´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Wed 21 Jul 2010 22:30
- Sat 12 Feb 2011 13:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 4 Aug 2012 12:15´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Wed 28 Aug 2013 13:25´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 23 Apr 2016 07:55´óÏó´«Ã½ Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 10 Feb 2022 20:00
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