Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

Fort Bowie

Play trailer Poster for Fort Bowie 1958 1h 20m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 0% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
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.

Critics Reviews

View All (1) Critics Reviews
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

Audience Reviews

View All (3) audience reviews
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
Fort Bowie

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew
View All Fort Bowie photos

Fort Bowie

Fort Bowie (1958) Fort Bowie (1958) Fort Bowie (1958) Fort Bowie (1958) Fort Bowie (1958) Fort Bowie (1958) View more photos

Movie Info

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
Producer
Aubrey Schenck
Screenwriter
Maurice Tombragel
Production Co
Aubrey Schenck Productions, Bel-Air Productions Inc.
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m