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The last patrol
It's 1876, Gen. George Custer has just recently led the 7th Calvary to defeat at the Little Big Horn, and Capt. Nathan Brittles has less than a week to go until retirement. Before then, though, he has one last mission - to escort the fort's commander's wife and niece to a rendezvous point with the stagecoach that will take the two women eastward to civilization and safety. The trip won't be easy, though. Emboldened by Custer's defeat, formerly warring tribes are gathering together and joining forces against the white intruders. <
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> John Wayne plays Brittles in John Ford's SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, a big western with an elegantly clean and simple plot - get the women to the stage on time, get back to the fort alive. Much of the movie is played out against the backdrop of Monument Valley in Utah - the location most associated with Ford. Photographer Winton Hoch won an Academy Award for color cinematography on this one. Ford fills the cast with a number of regulars - besides Wayne, of course, there's Victor McLaglen as Sgt. Quincannon, comic relief and the biggest scene-stealer in the movie. Joanne Dru plays the niece who `isn't army enough' to tough it out at the fort, while John Agar and Harry Carey Jr. play two young lieutenants who battle for her attention. Ben Johnson, who'd win an Academy Award of his own for his role in `The Last Picture Show,' here plays a young sergeant on a fast horse, the scout who keeps track of the enemy (the party loses valuable time riding around, rather than through, the swiftly gathering foe.) <
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> There are a number of books on John Ford, and I risk repeating what I haven't yet read by going on too long about him. One observation ought to suffice: Like most people I hate the hokey and the sugary sentimental, and I don't much care for directors who load their movies up with `em. Ford, who may have been the most macho director ever to come out of Hollywood, had a depthless love for men under arms. The horse soldiers in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON are, typically, impossibly heroic and gallant. For instance, when a wounded soldier is brought into camp, he is framed heroically (if that makes sense,) resting his wounded head in the arms of a comrade while he gives his report to Capt. Brittles. Later, when we come upon a mortally wounded soldier, Ford tarries a while with him, not only giving him dying words to say, but a lengthy graveside service and burial. It's all too romantic and idealized to accept. <
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> And yet every time I watch a Ford war movie - and they've all got scenes similar to this - I'm totally drawn in. Against my better judgment Ford makes me see the heroes he sees, thrill at their bravery and mourn their loss side by side with him. That has to be one definition of genius. For my money, SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON is one of the better Wayne/Ford collaborations, and one that ought not be missed. <
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ford,wayne,and company make the second of their cavalry trilogy
as i have said before i love john wayne and any time you get him in the saddle you have a 5 star movie to me. now pair him with john ford(maybe the greatest director who ever lived) and the word classic(which is over used to talk about some movies)doesn't do justice to the films they made together. <
> i what amounts to a stunning proformance, john wayne disapears under make-up and becomes captian nathan bittles,a man almost at the end of his days in the army. wayne almost makes you here his bones creak as he gets about his job every morning. this along with "red river","the searchers",and "the shootist" prove that wayne was indeed a great actor. this wayne is much different than his other movies. the scenes with him sitting by his wifes grave watering the plants he puts there are just lovely,sad,and tender a moments as you will ever see.before he retires the good captian has one last job to do,haul the women of his fort away before an indian attack. as the likely hood of war with the indians increases wayne dose his part to stop it. <
> as i have said ford in a master behind the camera and this and the "quiet man" are some of his best work in color. this is a high water mark for all who are involved in it. a must for all fans of great movies.

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She wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
A Masterpiece of mood and heroics , this second film in Director John Ford (1894-1973) renowned Cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the other) features one of John Wayne (1907-1979) most moving performance as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier . Under makeup aging him some 20 years , hi inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his mission one of peace . The ritual of outpost life , the sweep of battle , the advanced of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon , an Academy Award winner for its Color Cinemathography , paints a memorable portrait of the honor , duty and courage in the finest tradition of Cavalry and Ford Filmmaking . Made on Place in Monumental Valley , Utah where John Ford made all his Classic Western (The Searcher 1956) . High Quality digital transfer from restored , original elements . A Highly recommended movie