The Massacre of Strong Apache

the Massacre of Strong Apache ( Strong Apache ) is an American film carried out by John Ford, left in 1948.

Synopsis

The Thursday lieutenant-colonel is sent to order Fort Apache, posts that he judges makes indignant at him. He hopes to gain there glory and famous. He is tested little in Indian wars contrary to the York captain who negotiates skilfully with Cochise. But Thursday does not respect the word of peace that York gave to Cochise and faces the Indians, which will cause its loss.

Data sheet

  • Title: the Massacre of Strong Apache
  • original Title: Strong Apache
  • Realization: John Ford
  • Scenario: Frank S. Nugent
  • Production: Merian C. Cooper and John Ford
  • Production companies: Argosy Pictures and RKO
  • Music: Richard Hageman
  • Photography: archie Stout and William H. Clothier
  • Assembly: Jack Murray
  • Country of origin: the United States
  • Format: Black and white - Mono - 35 mm
  • Kind: Western
  • Lasted: 128 minutes
  • Coming out date: 1948

Distribution

  • John Wayne: Capt. Kirby York
  • Henry Founded: Lt. Coll Owen Thursday
  • Shirley Temple: Philadelphia Thursday
  • Pedro Armendáriz: Sgt. Beaufort (ace Pedro Armendariz)
  • Ward Jump: Sgt. Maj. Michael O' Rourke
  • George O' Brien: Capt. Sam Collingwood
  • Victor McLaglen: Sgt. Festus Mulcahy
  • Anna Lee: Mrs. Emily Collingwood
  • Irene Rich: Mrs. Mary O'Rourke
  • Dick Foran : Sgt. Quincannon
  • Guy Kibbee: Capt. Dr. Wilkens
  • Grant Withers: Silas Meacham
  • Jack Pennick: Sgt. Daniel Schattuck
  • Ray Hyke: Lt. Spoil (Adjutant)
  • Movita: Guadalupe (coll Thursday' S cook)
  • Miguel Inclán: Cochise (ace Miguel Inclan)
  • Mary Gordon: My (barmaid)
  • Philip Kieffer: Cavalryman (ace Philip Keiffer)
  • Mae Marsh: Mrs. Spoil
  • Hank Worden: Southern recruit
  • John Agar: 2nd Lt. Michael Shannon O' Rouke

Around film

  • Turning of at the end of June at October 2nd, 1947

  • Production costs: 2.500.000 dollars
  • American Receipts: 4.900.000 dollars
  • Title of turning: War Party
  • Second film of Ford for its own company, Argosy Pictures Corp.
  • First film of Ford with Frank S. Nugent with the scenario.
  • the fort built for film with Simi Valley has was useful for many other productions. It is always places from there and it is possible to visit it.
  • Fort Apache inaugurates cycle of the cavalry ( Fort Apache , the heroic Load and Rio Grande ). The three films are interpreted by John Wayne.
  • the place of the Indians in films of Ford changed: it is not simply any more of the irreducible enemies, but of the men worthy and valorous victims of treason as well by the Indians won over to the white cause as by arrogant and racist officers. In this direction he announces the broken Arrow and the Door of the devil .
  • the final massacre can be close to that of the fantastic Load and the final declaration of the York captain announces to the Man who killed Liberty Valance .
  • In connection with the end of film, Ford is explained with Peter Bogdanovich:
    • Peter Bogdanovich: In, Strong Apache , do you think that the men were right to obey Fonda, even if it were obvious that it was wrong and that they would be killed because of this error?
    • John Ford: Yes. He was their colonel and what he said was enough.
    • P.B. : The end of Fort Apache precedes what in the Man says to the journalist who killed Liberty Valance : " When the legends become reality, the légendes." are printed; Summers you of agreement with that?
    • J.F. : Yes, because I think that they is good for the country. We have many people who are supposed to have been large heroes and we know sacrament although they were not it. But they is good for the country to have of the heroes to admire. Let us take Custer, a large hero. Actually it was not it. It was not a stupid man but this day there it behaved stupidly. Or Stalemate Garret which is a large hero of the West. It was not it either - it is supposed to have killed Billy The Kid, but actually it is one of these men who did it. On another side, obviously, the legends always have a base.

Rewards

  • International festival of film of Locarno

    • Better photograph black and white
    • Better realizer

  • Writers Guild off America

    • Better scenario of western

External bond

  • the Massacre of Strong Apache on Internet Movie Database

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