She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, motion picture about a cavalry outpost fighting Native Americans, set in Monument Valley, Arizona, during the late 19th century. Released in 1949, the film won an Academy Award for Winton C. Hoch’s cinematography. After General George Custer is defeated at Little Bighorn, Captain Nathan Brittles (played by John Wayne) delays retiring so that he can help fight the Native Americans.

Director

• John Ford

Cast

• John Wayne (Captain Nathan Brittles)
• Joanne Dru (Olivia Dandridge)
• John Agar (Lieutenant Flint Cohill)
• Ben Johnson (Sergeant Tyree)
• Harry Carey, Jr. (Lieutenant Ross Pennell)
• Victor McLaglen (Sergeant Quincannon)
• Mildred Natwick (Mrs. Abby Allshard)
• George O'Brien (Major Mack Allshard)
• Arthur Shields (Dr. O'Laughlin)
• Francis Ford (Barman)
• Harry Woods (Karl Rynders)
• Chief John Big Tree (Pony That Walks)
• Noble Johnson (Red Shirt)
• Cliff Lyons (Trooper Cliff)
• Tom Tyler (Corporal Mike Quayne)
• Michael Dugan (Sergeant Hochbauer)
• Mickey Simpson (Wagner)
• Fred Graham (Hench)
• Frank McGrath (Trumpeter, indian)
• Don Summers (Jenkins)
• Fred Libby (Colonel Krumrein)
• Jack Pennick (Sergeant major)
• Billy Jones (Courier)
• William Steele (Noncommissioned officer)
• Post Parks (Noncommissioned officer)
• Fred Kennedy (Badger)
• Rudy Bowman (Private John Smith, General Rome Clay)
• Ray Hyke (McCarthy)
• Lee Bradley (Interpreter)
• Chief Sky Eagle (Indian)
• Irving Pichel (Narrator)

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography—Color (1949): Winton C. Hoch

Quotes

• Captain Brittles (a phrase he says several times): “Don’t apologize. It’s a sign of weakness.”