SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON - BLU-WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Western
• Plot: A masterpiece of mood and heroics, this second film in director John Ford's renowned cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the others) features one of John Wayne's 'most moving performances, as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier. Under makeup aging him some 20 years, he inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his last mission one of peace. The ritual of outpost life, the sweep of battle, the advance of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, an Academy Award winner for its color cinematography, paints a memorable portrait of the honor, duty and courage in the finest tradition of the cavalry. And of Ford filmmaking.
• Cast: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, George O'Brien, Arthur Shields, Michael Dugan, Chief John Big Tree, Fred Graham, George Sky Eagle, Tom Tyler, Noble Johnson, Rudy Bowman, Lee Bradley, Nora Bush, Paul Fix, Francis Ford, Tex Holden, Ray Hyke, Billy Jones, Fred Kennedy, Fred Libby, Cliff Lyons, Frank McGrath, Evelyn Moriarty, Peter Ortiz, Post Park, Jack Pennick, Irving Pichel, Mickey Simpson, Leslie Sketchley, William Steele, Don Summers, Harry Tenbrook, Jack Tornek, Dan White, Harry Woods, John Ford, James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings
• Director: John Ford
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Argosy Pictures Corporation, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., RKO Pictures, Inc., Turner Entertainment Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Warner Home Video, Warner Archive Collection
• Media Format: Movie