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A first of John Ford's trilogy of cavalry movies set during America's struggle against the Apache Indian. Henry Fonda plays the stubborn Colonel Thursday whose textbook methods of warfare appear as pure as suicide to everyone but him. John Wayne stars as Captain York, a soldier experienced in Apache warfare, from whom Thursday .. Read more

Starring Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen
Director John Ford
Genres Action/Adventure

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Fort Apache

A first of John Ford's trilogy of cavalry movies set during America's struggle against the Apache Indian.

Henry Fonda plays the stubborn Colonel Thursday whose textbook methods of warfare appear as pure as suicide to everyone but him. John Wayne stars as Captain York, a soldier experienced in Apache warfare, from whom Thursday will take no advise.

Starring Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen
Director John Ford
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate U.gif
Collections 100 Wild Westerns
Genres Action/Adventure
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 19 Feb 2001
Production year: 1948
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Hard-boiled, and hard-pressed, cop Paul Newman tries to control crime on New York's mean streets in a tremendously exciting thriller laced with taut suspense and grisly shocks that make NYPD Blue look like Dixon of Dock Green. Even cult Hairspray director John Waters singled out for high praise former sleaze queen Pam Grier's electric performance as a psychotic hooker — just watch for that razor blade between her teeth. Highly controversial (the Bronx community complained about misrepresentation), but still highly recommended.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • The first of Ford's cavalry trilogy (to be followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande), and an intriguing... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 8 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    showing its age...

    This movie is hard to stay interested in. The acting is quite poor and the dialog too dramtic. It's really showing its age and is a very good advert for just how polished films are today in all capcities: acting, scripts, effects, production etc.

    I've never got the John Wayne thing so I assume it must be a thing of the era.

      • A customer from North West
      • Posted 21 May 2005 08:39

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Classic Western

    A classic John Wayne Movie, No1 of John Fords Cavalry Trio ( Rio Grande ,She wear a yellow ribbon). Sorry Duke -Henry Fonda stole the show in this one.

      • A customer from Downpatrick
      • Posted 03 Sep 2006 20:50

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      • A first of John Ford's trilogy of cavalry movies set during America's struggle against the Apache Indian.

      Henry Fonda plays the stubborn Colonel Thursday whose textbook methods of warfare ...