She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

103 mins | Western | Oct. 22, 1949

After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Native Americans, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

103 mins | Western | Oct. 22, 1949

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Native Americans, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Directors John Ford
Writers James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings

Cast

John Wayne

as Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles

Joanne Dru

as Olivia Dandridge

John Agar

as Lt. Flint Cohill

Ben Johnson

as Sgt. Tyree

Harry Carey, Jr.

as 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell

Victor McLaglen

as First Sergeant Quincannon

Mildred Natwick

as Abby Allshard ("Old Iron Pants")

George O’Brien

as Maj. Mac Allshard

Arthur Shields

as Dr. O'Laughlin

Michael Dugan

as Sgt. Hochbauer

Chief John Big Tree

as Chief Pony That Walks

Fred Graham

as Sgt. Hench

George Sky Eagle

as Chief Sky Eagle

Tom Tyler

as Cpl. Mike Quayne

Noble Johnson

as Chief Red Shirt

Paul Fix

as Gunrunner (uncredited)

Francis Ford

as Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

as Trooper Cliff (uncredited)

Frank McGrath

as Bugler / Indian (uncredited)

Irving Pichel

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

William Steele

as Officer (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as Officer (uncredited)

Dan White

as Trooper (uncredited)

Harry Woods

as Karl Rynders (uncredited)