(Henry Fonda) and #13 (John Wayne) in the "AFI’s 50 Greatest American Screen Legends", American Film Institute See also List of American films of 1948 John Wayne filmography Fort Apache (disambiguation) Fort Apache, the Bronx (a 1981 crime film, starring Paul Newman) Henry Fonda filmography Shirley Temple filmography References Further reading In his contemporary review, Crowther writes "apparent in this picture, for those who care to look, is a new and maturing viewpoint upon one aspect of the American Apache wars. For here it is not the "heathen Indian [sic]" who is the "heavy" of the piece but a hard-bitten Army colonel, blind through ignorance and a passion for revenge. And ranged alongside this willful white man is a venal government agent who exploits the innocence of the Indians while supposedly acting as their friend". Recent, highly favorable review of "John Ford's superb black-and white elegiac Western". Schwartz summarizes the film as "a reworking of the Custer myth, in a film that over sentimentalizes Army life and chivalry". External links 1948 Western (genre) films 1948 films American Western (genre) films Western (genre) cavalry films Apache Wars films Films based on short fiction Films directed by John Ford Films set in Arizona Films shot in Utah RKO Pictures films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films Films shot in Monument Valley