Revealing mistake: Before the first encounter with the Apache, O'Rourke Jr. is looking out for Indians hiding behind a trunk. When he is being shot at and two bullets hit the trunk you see tiny volcanos erupt which obviously have been filled with explosives. (00:57:00)
Fort Apache (1948)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Ward Bond, Shirley Temple, George O'Brien, Pedro Armendáriz
Genres: Western
Factual error: After the first encounter with the Apaches, the covered wagon is headed to the Fort at full speed. The camera pans to the Apaches on the ridge and you can see a truck driving at the bottom right corner. (00:32:00)
Captain Yorke: A charge! Mounted in fours.
RSM Michael O'Rourke: Why the madman.
Captain Yorke: And I'm to stay with the wagon train... and take O'Rourke with me.
RSM Michael O'Rourke: You'll find Lt. O'Rourke with his troop, sir. And thank you.
Trivia: Like in most western films made by John Ford, real Native Americans were used and were paid union scale.
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