Fort Apache

Academy Award winners Henry Fonda and John Wayne star an epic of clashing wills, pointless heroism and deadly arrogance as a band of American cavalrymen fight to hold the Western outpost Fort Apache. Arizona Territory. Following the United States' Civil War, decorated Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday (Fonda) resents his transfer to the desolate frontier. He strives to impose strict military discipline on the ragged troops stationed under his command and plans to violently subdue the Native Americans he views as savage and unruly. Thursday is opposed by seasoned Western fighter Captain Kirby York (Wayne), who believes the army should be making peace with the local tribes. York is proven correct when Thursday leads his troops into a slaughter at the hands of the legendary Apache leader Cochise.

Director: John Ford
Producer: John Ford
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
Actor: Pedro Armend riz
Actor: Pedro Armendáriz
Actor: John Wayne
Actor: Henry Fonda
Actor: Shirley Temple
Actor: Ward Bond
Actor: Dick Foran
Actor: John Agar
Actor: Archie Twitchell
Actor: Ben Johnson
Actor: Frank Baker
Actor: Fred Graham
Actor: Harry Tenbrook
Actor: Maria [Movita] Castaneda
Actor: Mickey Simpson
Actor: Miguel Inclan
Actor: Philip Kieffer
Actor: George O'Brien
Actor: Victor McLaglen
Actor: Anna Lee
Actor: Irene Rich
Actor: Guy Kibbee
Actor: Grant Withers
Actor: Jack Pennick
Actor: Ray Hyke
Actor: Mary Gordon
Actor: Mae Marsh
Actor: Hank Worden
Actor: Cliff Clark
Actor: Francis Ford
Actor: Frank Ferguson
Actor: William Forrest