Fort Apache

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American film Western film film

Fort Apache is a 1948 Western film directed by John Ford, renowned for its portrayal of U.S. cavalry life and frontier conflict and for helping define the classic American Western genre.

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Fort Apache canonical 10
John Ford cavalry trilogy 3
Fort Apache (1948 film) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn short stories by James Warner Bellah ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Henry Fonda as Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday ⓘ
John Wayne as Captain Kirby York ⓘ
cinematographyBy Archie Stout ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Ford ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Jack Murray ⓘ
filmingLocation Monument Valley ⓘ
followedBy Rio Grande ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ⓘ
follows — ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
cavalry Western ⓘ
hasTheme clash between honor and duty ⓘ
myth versus reality of the American West ⓘ
treatment of Native Americans ⓘ
includedIn lists of greatest Western films ⓘ
leadCharacter Captain Kirby York ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel Owen Thursday ⓘ
musicBy Richard Hageman ⓘ
notableFor influence on the classic American Western genre ⓘ
realistic depiction of U.S. cavalry life ⓘ
revisionist portrayal of military leadership ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Fort Apache self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Ford cavalry trilogy
portrays Apache tribes ⓘ
surface form: Apache people

U.S. Cavalry life ⓘ
frontier conflict ⓘ
producer Argosy Pictures ⓘ
productionCompany Argosy Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs classic Western film ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1948-03-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1948 ⓘ
runningTime 128 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Frank S. Nugent ⓘ
setting Arizona Territory ⓘ
stars Anna Lee ⓘ
George O’Brien ⓘ
Henry Fonda ⓘ
John Wayne ⓘ
Pedro Armendáriz ⓘ
Shirley Temple ⓘ
Victor McLaglen ⓘ
Ward Bond ⓘ

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John Ford → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper → produced → Fort Apache ⓘ
Henry Fonda → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → partOf → Fort Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Ford cavalry trilogy
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon → follows → Fort Apache ⓘ
Fort Apache → partOf → Fort Apache self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Ford cavalry trilogy
Ward Bond → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
John Martin Feeney → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
Rio Grande → partOf → Fort Apache ⓘ
subject surface form: Rio Grande (1950 film)
this entity surface form: John Ford cavalry trilogy
Rio Grande → precededBy → Fort Apache ⓘ
subject surface form: Rio Grande (1950 film)
Cibecue Creek battle → relatedTo → Fort Apache ⓘ
Jack Pennick → appearedIn → Fort Apache ⓘ
Anna Lee → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
Movita Castaneda → notableWork → Fort Apache ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Apache (1948 film)