Synopsis
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
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Cast
- John WayneCapt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
- Joanne DruOlivia Dandridge
- John AgarLt. Flint Cohill
- Ben JohnsonSgt. Tyree
- Harry Carey, Jr.2nd Lt. Ross Pennell
- Victor McLaglenFirst Sergeant Quincannon
- Mildred NatwickAbby Allshard ("Old Iron Pants")
- George O’BrienMaj. Mac Allshard
- Arthur ShieldsDr. O'Laughlin
- Michael DuganSgt. Hochbauer
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Tribune
The second, and finest, of Ford's cavalry trilogy. [17 Aug 2007, p.C7] - 100
Empire
A beautifully presented tale of love, honor and duty from a master film-maker. - 100
Los Angeles Times
As splendid as John Wayne is in these films, the elegiac She Wore a Yellow Ribbon provides him with one of his finest roles. [19 May 1996, p.72] - 90
Chicago Reader
In Ford’s superbly creative hands, it becomes perhaps the only avant-garde film ever made about the importance of tradition. - 90
The Observer (UK)
This, you feel, is really a story with roots in the nation, not just a fiction snatched out of the busy air. [16 Apr 1950, p.6] - 83
The A.V. Club
Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon both dwell on the problems of leadership, balancing out a respect for classic American frontier virtues with a less generous assessment of how those virtues were applied. - 80
The New York Times
In this big Technicolored Western Mr. Ford has superbly achieved a vast and composite illustration of all the legends of the frontier cavalryman. - 80
Variety
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a western meller done in the best John Ford manner.
