starring Henry Fonda , John Wayne Lt-Col Thursday, aggrieved at being demoted from his Civil War rank of General, is posted as commanding officer to Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the Arizona desert. Thursday, a military martinet, tightens up discipline and eventually shows his ignorance of Indian behaviour - resulting in a massacre of his troops. But Thursday becomes part of the legend of the West - remembered as such. Henry Fonda gives an uncharacteristically gruff and severe performance in one of several films he made with John Ford.
Screenplay by FRANK S. NUGENT Produced by JOHN FORD and MERIAN C. COOPER Directed by JOHN FORD