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Fort Apache

Name: Fort Apache
Director: John Ford
Released: 1948-01-01

1948 film by John Ford

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Released: 1948
, March 27, 1948
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1.Stated in IMDbimdb.com/title/tt0040369/releaseinfoRetrieved 2022-06-11
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Director: John Ford
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/il-massacro-di-fort-apache/4238/Retrieved 2016-07-06
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1027.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-06
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Screenwriter: Frank S. Nugent
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
, John Ford
Cast: John Wayne
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/il-massacro-di-fort-apache/4238/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-06
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1027.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-06
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, Henry Fonda
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/il-massacro-di-fort-apache/4238/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-06
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1027.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-06
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, Ward Bond
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/il-massacro-di-fort-apache/4238/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-06
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, Shirley Temple
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1.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/il-massacro-di-fort-apache/4238/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-07-06
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1027.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-06
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Runtime: 125 min
Genre: Western film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/Retrieved 2016-07-06
2.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1027.htmlRetrieved 2016-07-06
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, war film
Country of origin: United States

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Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy" and was followed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and Rio Grande (1950), both also starring Wayne.

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Director of photography: Archie Stout
William H. Clothier
Narrative location: Arizona
Part of the series: Cavalry Trilogy followed by: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Title: Fort Apache
Production designer: James Basevi
Color: black-and-white
FSK film rating: FSK 6
Film editor: Jack Murray
Medierådet rating: Suitable for a general audience
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Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 100%(September 8, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 21 critic review
8.5/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Fort Apache”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/7749Retrieved 2023-02-03
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Set in period: 19th century
American Civil War

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