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Fort Apache

John Ford's Masterpiece of the Frontier!

Rating 7.0 / 10Release May 21, 1948Runtime 128 min

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.

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