His new deployment to the barren Fort Apache gives Owen Thursday a chance to reclaim the military honour that he believes is his due in John Ford's melancholy study of American hero mythology. Arrogant, concerned with military form, and ultimately self-destructive, Thursday lures Apache leader Cochise across the border from Mexico, against his soldiers' caution.
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His new deployment to the barren Fort Apache gives Owen Thursday a chance to reclaim the military honour that he believes is his due in John Ford's melancholy study of American hero mythology. Arrogant, concerned with military form, and ultimately self-destructive, Thursday lures Apache leader Cochise across the border from Mexico, against his soldiers' caution.
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