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Fort Apache
UNITED STATES · 1948

Fort Apache

John Ford
military ambition frontier conflict Apache resistance honor and pride colonial conquest
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Synopsis

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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