Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

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• John Wayne
• Henry Fonda
• Shirley Temple
• Pedro Armendáriz
• Ward Bond
• George O’Brien
• Victor McLaglen
• Anna Lee