Fort Apache [videorecording] / an Argosy Pictures production ; screenplay, Frank Nugent ; producers, John Ford, Merian C. Cooper ; director, John Ford.
"Special features: Original theatrical trailer; hosted by Robert Osborne, Oscar historian and on-air host of Turner Classic Movies"--Container. Originally produced as motion picture in 1948. Based on the story Massacre by James Warner Bellah. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond, George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Irene Rich, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Mae Marsh, John Agar.
Summary:
Embittered Lt. Col. Owen Thursday is stuck with the command of Fort Apache, a remote southwest garrison, despite his excellent war record. He concocts a scheme to make his reputation as an Indian fighter, which Captain York, a bootstrap veteran of many Indian campaigns, knows means disaster.
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