Fort Apache (1948)
Fort Apache (1948)
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Cast & Crew.
John Wayne
Capt. Kirby York
Henry Fonda
Lt. Col. Owen Thursday
Shirley Temple
Philadelphia Thursday
Pedro Armendáriz
Sgt. Beaufort
Ward Bond
Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
George O’Brien
Capt. Sam Collingwood
Victor McLaglen
Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
Anna Lee
Mrs. Emily Collingwood
Irene Rich
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
Dick Foran
Sgt. Quincannon
Guy Kibbee
Capt. Dr. Wilkens
Grant Withers
Silas Meacham
John Ford
Director
Jack Pennick
Sgt. Daniel Schattuck
Frank S. Nugent
Writer
Ray Hyke
Lt. Gates
James Warner Bellah
Writer
Richard Hageman
Composer
Movita
Guadalupe
Miguel Inclán
Cochise
Archie Stout
Cinematographer
Jack Murray
Editor
Mary Gordon
Ma (barmaid)
Philip Kieffer
Cavalryman
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Gates
Hank Worden
Southern Recruit
John Agar
2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke
Abdullah Abbas
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Recruit With Mustache / Accordionist at Serenade (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
William Forrest
Reporter (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Cavalryman (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Cpl. Derice (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
John Rice
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Soldier (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson
NCO at Dance (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Officer at Dance (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Tom O'Feeney (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Reporter (uncredited)
Eleanore Vogel
Officer's Wife (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 14, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,500,000
Box Office$3,000,000
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Wiki.
Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne. The screenplay was inspired by James Warner Bellah's short story "Massacre" (1947). The historical sources for "Massacre" have been attributed both to George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn and to the Fetterman Fight.The film was one of the first to present an authentic and sympathetic view of Native Americans. In his review of the DVD release of Fort Apache in 2012, The New York Times movie critic Dave Kehr called it "one of the great achievements of classical American cinema, a film of immense complexity that never fails to reveal new shadings with each viewing" and "among the first 'pro-Indian' Westerns" in its portrayal of indigenous Americans with "sympathy and respect".The film was awarded the Best Director and Best Cinematography awards by the Locarno International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland. Screenwriter Frank S. Nugent was nominated for best screenplay by the Writers Guild of America.