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      Fort Bowie

      1958 1h 20m Western List
      Reviews 0% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A group of Apaches visits a cavalry fort in hopes of laying down their weapons and coming to a peace agreement, but Maj. Wharton (J. Ian Douglas), wanting to make a name for himself, orders his men to massacre them. Meanwhile, Col. Garrett (Kent Taylor) believes his flirtatious wife is sleeping with Capt. Thompson (Ben Johnson), so he tries to get rid of the captain by ordering him to track Victorio (Larry Chance), a notorious Apache warrior who's plotting a large-scale attack on the fort. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Predictable B western about a fight between the Cavalry and the Indians. Rated: C+ Feb 28, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Pretty good western could tell it was cheap made but still well worth watching James Welch Henderson, Arkansas I was 18, 2023 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/19/23 Full Review ashley h Fort Bowie is a disappointing film. It is about Captain Thompson who favors peace talks but Major Wharton advocates war with the renegade Apaches led by Chief Victorio at Fort Bowie. Ben Johnson and Kent Taylor give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Howard W. Koch did a terrible directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty standard, and at times offensive, cavalry western. Is only worth watching if you're a fan of Ben Johnson. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A group of Apaches visits a cavalry fort in hopes of laying down their weapons and coming to a peace agreement, but Maj. Wharton (J. Ian Douglas), wanting to make a name for himself, orders his men to massacre them. Meanwhile, Col. Garrett (Kent Taylor) believes his flirtatious wife is sleeping with Capt. Thompson (Ben Johnson), so he tries to get rid of the captain by ordering him to track Victorio (Larry Chance), a notorious Apache warrior who's plotting a large-scale attack on the fort.
      Director
      Howard W. Koch
      Screenwriter
      Maurice Tombragel
      Production Co
      Aubrey Schenck Productions, Bel-Air Productions Inc.
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 20m