Fort Apache Comments

  • Albert 2023-07-02 15:17:26

    A film that is too chatty, some little funny but completely submerged in the rambling plot. The heroine feels like a nympho, it should be Temple's first film published, not much interest. It's a pity to get the right NB directors, NB male and female...

  • Hollie 2023-06-27 11:40:51

    The film is the first in John Ford's main theme western "The Troopers Trilogy". (It can also be said to be the first western film he began to reflect on.) The film's description of the arrogant and belligerent mentality of white generals can be said to be inconspicuous, and Henry Fonda's performance is excellent and high-level. The massacre scene in this film is quite tragic, reflecting the first-class standard of John Ford's shooting...

  • Guadalupe 2023-06-18 23:24:31

    4.5 After the sweetest western, "My Darling Clementine," Old Fonda has another clumsy dance...

  • Nedra 2023-06-17 20:41:12

    American Theme Movies...

  • Dayana 2023-06-15 19:47:57

    Confidence and arrogance are only one word...

  • Zola 2023-06-11 16:16:27

    Isn't it just because of selfishness and unscrupulousness when doing business with the Indians in the reservation area, it is necessary to get the tribal chief convicted as the direct cause of the exodus after being inspected and smashed by his own rangers, and angrily denounced as "worse than war"? It's no wonder that Ford's influence has always been weakened by the intentional dodging of Hollywood posterity. A trade exchange promoted social progress and was looked down upon; a North American...

  • Melyna 2023-06-11 02:40:03

    Why is this so...

  • Pearlie 2023-06-06 21:19:20

    John Wayne is more of a hero than Eastwood's indistinguishable face. I am more familiar with Leone's westerns. As I get to know John Ford more and more, I understand that Leone Aune only kept the most cinematic parts of the genre, while Western culture, even the American spirit, should be found in the Westerns of John Ford's...

  • Maeve 2023-06-03 16:26:37

    The first part of John Ford's "cavalry" trilogy, I feel this is the most fragrant after reading the trilogy. The adult Shirley Temple is quite beautiful, but unfortunately she didn't act in movies much...

  • Hailey 2023-05-24 14:18:34

    Going back and being self-willed can be considered aristocratic spirit, heroic death? Is it the fall of human nature or the fall of morality? It's rare that I don't commit ptsd westerns, but if anyone thinks that General Irving represents what America should be like, then sorry, I am terrified of the human impact of Western movies, and I seriously doubt that this is what John Ford intended. Politically speaking, I prefer Captain...

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Fort Apache quotes

  • [Co. Thursday has rejoined his men who are pinned down by the Apaches. RSM O'Rourke hands him a pistol]

    Lt. Col. Thursday: Sergeant-Major O'Rourke... my apologies, sir.

    RSM Michael O'Rourke: You can save them, sir, for our grandchildren.

  • [the regiment is getting ready to attack - Col. Thursday scans the horizon with his binoculars]

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: I don't see them. Not a one.

    Captain Yorke: Well, they're down there, sir... among the rocks.

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: Have you seen 'em, Captain?

    Captain Yorke: I don't have to - I know.

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: How?

    Captain Yorke: 'Cause if I were Cochise, that's where I'd take up position.

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: And that dust cloud beyond?

    Captain Yorke: It's an Apache trick. Probably squaws and children draggin' mesquite.

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: [dubious, sarcastically] Very ingenious, Captain. You make me suspect your Cochise has studied under Alexander the Great, or Bonaparte at the least. Gentlemen, march your troops. We'll charge in a column of fours.

    Captain Yorke: Mounted in fours? That's suicide, Colonel! I tell you they're down there...

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: Captain Yorke, you're relieved of command of your troop. There's no room in this regiment for a coward.

    Captain Yorke: [angrily throws down his glove in front of Col. Thursday] At your service, sir!

    Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: Bugler, pick up Captain Yorke's gauntlet. I'm no duellist, Captain. I will decide whether I will answer you with pistols or a general court martial. You will remain on the ridge... in safety... with the supply train. Take O'Rourke with you.