Fort Apache (1948)

Directed by John Ford
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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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  1. The Searchers (1956)
    "First entry in Ford's Cavalry Trilogy with John Wayne. Established the morally complex frontier-soldier framework that culminates in Ethan Edwards." source

Fort Apache (1948), directed by John Ford, has been cited as an influence on 1 later work, such as The Searchers. Check out the citations below.