Subject(s): Henry Fonda Format: 8 x 10 Glossy Photograph. Origin: Authentic vintage photograph, possibly 1950s or later, provided to television stations and other media outlets for promotional use. Title: Fort Apache Category: Movies Original Release Date: 1948 Condition: Very Good Comments: Fort Apache is a 1948 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda. The film was the first of the director's "Cavalry Trilogy. The film was one of the first to present an authentic and sympathetic view of Native Americans. In his review of the DVD release of Fort Apache in 2012, The New York Times movie critic Dave Kehr called it "one of the great achievements of classical American cinema, a film of immense complexity that never fails to reveal new shadings with each viewing" and "among the first 'pro-Indian' Westerns" in its portrayal of indigenous Americans with "sympathy and respect".