She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Wayne, Joanne Dru)

Belles on Their Toes (1952, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy)

Silent Running (Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts)

After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he’s also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort’s commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She’s taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

cast

John Wayne Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
Joanne Dru Olivia Dandridge
John Agar Lt. Flint Cohill
Ben Johnson Sgt. Tyree
Harry Carey, Jr. 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell
Victor McLaglen First Sergeant Quincannon
Mildred Natwick Abby Allshard (“Old Iron Pants”)
George O’Brien Maj. Mac Allshard
Arthur Shields Dr. O’Laughlin
Michael Dugan Sgt. Hochbauer
Chief John Big Tree Chief Pony That Walks
Fred Graham Sgt. Hench
George Sky Eagle Chief Sky Eagle
Tom Tyler Cpl. Mike Quayne
Noble Johnson Chief Red Shirt
Paul Fix Gunrunner (uncredited)
Francis Ford Connelly – Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons Trooper Cliff (uncredited)
Frank McGrath Bugler / Indian (uncredited)
Irving Pichel Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
William Steele Officer (uncredited)
Jack Tornek Officer (uncredited)
Dan White Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Woods

crew

Art Direction James Basevi
Visual Effects Jack Cosgrove
Producer Merian C. Cooper
Director John Ford
Executive Producer John Ford
Sound Clem Portman
Associate Producer Lowell J. Farrell
Director of Photography Winton C. Hoch
Set Decoration Joseph Kish
Screenplay Laurence Stallings
Screenplay Frank S. Nugent
Editor Jack Murray
Story James Warner Bellah
Music Richard Hageman
Sound Frank Webster
Sound Effects D. Pat Kelley
Grip Tom Clement
Property Master Jack Colconda
Assistant Editor Barbara Ford