

“John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!”
Owen 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.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$2,500,000
Revenue
$3,000,000

Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
Fort Apache
Trailer
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.