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  • 1949
  • Approved
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 1949
  • Approved
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

Directed By: John Ford

Written By: James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings

  • 1949
  • Approved
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 1949
  • Approved
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
87
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

Directed By: John Ford

Written By: James Warner Bellah, Frank S. Nugent, Laurence Stallings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
The second film in John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy" features John Wayne at his best and boasts some incredible, Oscar-winning Technicolor photography of Monument Valley.
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100
A beautifully presented tale of love, honor and duty from a master film-maker.
By William Thomas FULL REVIEW
90
This, you feel, is really a story with roots in the nation, not just a fiction snatched out of the busy air. [16 Apr 1950, p.6]
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83
Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon both dwell on the problems of leadership, balancing out a respect for classic American frontier virtues with a less generous assessment of how those virtues were applied.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
80
It looks amazing, and the complex treatment of the issues marks it out from the shoot-'em-up standards of the time. [29 Jun 2013, p.32]
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80
In this big Technicolored Western Mr. Ford has superbly achieved a vast and composite illustration of all the legends of the frontier cavalryman.
By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW
70
The centrepiece of Ford's cavalry trilogy (flanked by Fort Apache and Rio Grande) and a film of both elegiac sentiment and occasionally over-eloquent sentimentality, structured around a series of ritual incidents rather than narrative conflicts.
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
5.7
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33% Mixed
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17% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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50% Positive
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33% Mixed
2 Ratings
17% Negative
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Production Company Argosy Pictures
Release Date Oct 22, 1949
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Approved
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Tagline Wayne's greatest role as an Indian fighting Captain !
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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