Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Fascinating Western loaded with political and social commentary.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Inspired by the massacre of General Custer's Cavalry, John Ford's superb elegiac Western contrasts legal-rational authority (Henry Fonda) with charismatic type of authority (John Wayne) to an advantage.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
One of John Ford's cavalry trilogy, and a near classic on its own. Wayne and Fonda are fine.
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James Plath, Reel.com
Darker and more complex than She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande, Fort Apache isn't just a romanticized story of Western heroes.
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David Bezanson, Filmcritic.com
demonstrates that westerns weren't always one-sided and jingoistic.
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Cast
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John Wayneas Capt. Kirby York -
Henry Fondaas Lt. Col. Owen Thursday -
Shirley Templeas Philadelphia Thursday
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Ward Bondas Sgt. Major O'Rourke -
John Agaras Lt. Michael "Mickey" O'Rourke -
Dick Foranas Sgt. Quincannon

