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Fort Apache

Poster for the movie "Fort Apache"
Poster for the movie "Fort Apache"

Fort Apache (1948)

NR 125 min - Western - 14 June 1948
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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.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  Frank S. Nugent
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Angel and the Badman

Poster for the movie "Angel and the Badman"
Poster for the movie "Angel and the Badman"

Angel and the Badman (1947)

NR 100 min - Drama, Action, Western, Romance - 15 February 1947
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The notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded and the kindly family takes him in and nurses him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful but sheltered daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family but his troubled past follows him…

Director:  James Edward Grant
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