Fort Apache: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz. At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.

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"Fort Apache" is director John Ford's first entry in what became a trilogy about life in the US Calvary (the other films which followed were "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" in 1949 and "Rio Grande" in 1950, each starring John Wayne and co-starring Victor McLaglen).

Fort Apache: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz. At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.

Captain Yorke : Get to Fort Grant. Tell 'em where we are. Tell 'em we may still be alive if they hurry. Move! [Lt. O'Rourke rides off]

When arrogant and stubborn Civil War hero Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) arrives in Arizona with his daughter, Philadelphia (Shirley Temple), to assume command of the Fort Apache outpost, he clashes with level-headed Captain Kirby York (John Wayne).

Fort Apache: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz. At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.

Although John Ford would not allow wives and girlfriends onto his locations, John Wayne was allowed to bring his son Michael Wayne with him to Monument Valley. He later described the rugged conditions and the long, six-days-per-week working hours: "The only thing people could do in Monument Valley was work; there was no other diversion.

Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Ward Bond, and Victor McLaglen in Fort Apache (1948)

At Fort Apache, an honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Henry Fonda Shirley Temple