Fort Apache

This is a complex portrait of a man sent to the furthest outskirts of civilization with a chip on his shoulder and desire for glory. He has to manage his command in the face of a potential Indian threat, and that new command is laxer than he wants. And then there’s Shirley Temple having a romance with one of his officers. This is the first Ford film where I feel like the movie was going for a four-quadrant approach (which wasn’t really an explicit concept for a while afterwards), including e...