---
title: 'Fort Apache (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fort-apache-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040369/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fort Apache (1948)

1948 · 125 min · Western, War · United States

Part of: Cavalry Trilogy

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Producer:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [Merian C. Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/merian-c-cooper)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank S. Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-s-nugent)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Clothier](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-clothier), [Archie Stout](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-stout)
- **Editor:** [Jack Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-murray)

## Cast

- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [Pedro Armendáriz](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-armendariz)
- [Shirley Temple](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-temple)
- [Grant Withers](https://cinepixo.com/people/grant-withers)
- [Irene Rich](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-rich)
- [Movita Castaneda](https://cinepixo.com/people/movita-castaneda)
- [John Agar](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-agar)
- [Jack Pennick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pennick)
- [Hank Worden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-worden)
- [Dick Foran](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-foran)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Fred Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-graham)
- [Miguel Inclán](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-inclan)

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