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A lament for the passage of time and the second in the director's acclaimed series of cavalry films, John Ford's SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON stars John Wayne as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a cavalry officer stationed in the Southwest. While contemplating his retirement, which is only a week away, Brittles is assigned to escort the wife and niece of his commanding officer, Maj. Mac Allshard (George O'Brien), to the stage line at Sudros Wells. Although he would prefer to battle the rampaging Cheyenne Indians as his final action, Brittles obeys orders. En route, two of the men in Brittles's patrol, Lieutenants Cohill and Pennell (John Agar and Harry Carey Jr.), get an eyeful of the major's distracting niece, Olivia (Joanne Dru), and nearly kill each other trying to attract her attention. Brittles then gets word from a scout, Sergeant Tyree (Ben Johnson), that a group of Arapaho Indian warriors is heading straight toward Sudros Wells. Wayne is at his best in his sensitive portrayal of an older man reluctantly stepping away from the only life he's known. Despite the constant skirmishing of Ford and cinematographer Winston Hoch, the cameraman won an Oscar for his work on the film and would go on to shoot the director's THE QUIET MAN and THE SEARCHERS.Product Identifiers
ProducerJohn Ford
EAN0044007818428
eBay Product ID (ePID)3954067
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleShe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
ActorHarry Carey Jr., John Wayne, Mildred Natwick, Ben Johnson, John Agar, Joanne Dru, Victor Mclaglen, George O'brien
DirectorJohn Ford
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2001
Run Time99 Mins
GenreWesterns
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
Director of PhotographyWinton C. Hoch
Production DesignerJames Basevi
Movie/TV TitleShe Wore A Yellow Ribbon
ComposerRichard Hageman
ScreenwriterFrank S. Nugent
EditorJack Murray