Fort Apache, The Bronx

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Fort Apache the Bronx
Movie poster for Fort Apache, The Bronx
Directed by	Daniel Petrie
Produced by	Thomas Fiorello Martin Richards
Written by	Heywood Gould
Starring	Paul Newman Ed Asner Ken Wahl Danny Aiello Rachel Ticotin Miguel Piñero Pam Grier
Music by	Jonathan Tunick
Cinematography	John Alcott
Editing by	Rita Roland
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	February 6, 1981
Running time	125 minutes
Language	English
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Fort Apache, The Bronx is a 1981 crime drama film made by Producers Circle, Time-Life Television Productions Inc., and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Daniel Petrie and produced by Martin Richards, Thomas Fiorello, with David Susskind as executive producer. The film was based on the book by Tom Walker. It stars Paul Newman, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin, Edward Asner, Miguel Piñero, and Pam Grier.

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The setting is the decayed South Bronx region of New York City, and the plot follows the day-to-day activities of NYPD Officers Murphy (Newman) and Corelli (Wahl), who work out of the local police station nicknamed "Fort Apache," so-named because to the officers who work there, it has the feeling of an army outpost in foreign territory (an allusion to Fort Apache). The precinct itself is one of the worst and most dilapidated in the department, approaching demolition and largely staffed by officers who are unwanted or have been transferred out of other precincts. Additionally, the precinct is of little use to the largely Puerto Rican community, as only 4% of the officers are Hispanic in the largest non-English speaking section of the Bronx according to retiring precinct captain Dugan. Throughout the film, Corelli and Murphy's attempts to maintain law and order by protecting and serving the community are conflicted with corrupt fellow officers, a newly appointed police captain, rioting due to police brutality, and issues related to the deaths of two rookie officers at the start of the film. The film was based on the book by Tom Walker.