Fort Apache

1948

Directed by John Ford

Cast: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond

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.