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Fort Apache is a 1948 western film starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford. The film was the first of the director's "cavalry trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
and Rio Grande
, both starring Wayne. The film, which was based loosely on George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn, was one of the first to present an authentic and sympathetic view of the Native Americans involved in the battle (Apache in the film, Sioux in the real battle).

The film was awarded the Best Director and Best Cinematography awards by the Locarno International Film Festival of Locarno, Switzerland.

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Having reverted from Brevet Major General to his permanent grade after the end of the Civil War, Lt. Col. Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) is transferred to Fort Apache, where he is anxious to enforce high standards of performance. Despite Capt. Kirby York's (John Wayne) advice that the problems in the area are due to corrupt Indian agents rather than the natives themselves, Thursday is eager to enforce the reservation on the Indians under his charge. Finally, Thursday orders his regiment into battle with the natives and into disaster.

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