A poignant moment in John Ford’s Fort Apache (1948)…

More on John Ford’s Fort Apache (1948)…A poignant moment is when the regiment along with Capt. Sam Collingwood played by George O’Brien- hero of Ford’s landmark western The Iron Horse (1924) -is heroically marching out to face great adversity and his wife (Anna Lee in a great performance) receives an expected telegram confirming Collingwood’s transfer away from danger knows that her husband would refuse to be called back-“I can’t see him…just see the flags!

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