John Ford's new and finest picture of the fighting cavalry!
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
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Classical in form, earnest, nostalgic and meticulous.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20247/10
Approaching the end of his military career, "Capt. Brittles" (John Wayne) is charged with one final patrol whilst trying to reconcile two hormonal lieutenants who have the hots for the prim "Miss Dandridge" (Joanne Dru). One is from military gentry "Pennell" (Harry Carey Jr.) the other a more working man "Cohill" (John Agar) and she is having quite good fun playing the cat with two balls of wool. Just to compound his misfortunes, "Brittles" has to take this woman, and the major's feisty wife "Abby" (Mildred Natwick) on his tour too. Yikes, maybe the Apache would be a welcome relief from all these shenanigans. Perhaps not though, as it transpires that the Indians are very much on the warpath and it might not matter for very long for whom "Dandridge" wears her yellow ribbon. There's a solid cast here, as you'd expect from a John Ford who has pretty much assembled a team to follow his adventures through the genre with the Duke. Ben Johnson's confederate veteran "Tyree" as well as Victor McLaglen's mischievous top sergeant "Quincannon" and his cohort of fellow whiskey lovers all keep the film moving along entertainingly with plenty of action and just a little slapstick humour to raise
Read the whole review on TMDB - John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20158/10
The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change, but the army knows no seasons. The second instalment of the acclaimed John Ford cavalry trilogy had a lot to live up to after Fort Apache (1948). So it may not be too controversial to state that "Yellow Ribbon" doesn't quite achieve the potential promise that Fort Apache's foundation building had provided. However, here is still a mighty Western of many joys. The lead theme here is the passing of time, of time and love lost, lest we forget indeed. These themes give the film a strong emotional heartbeat from which to work from - even if on proviso it's noted that elsewhere there is not much in the way of an adrenalin pumping action extravaganza. Accepting it as an affecting character piece is something of a requisite if you want to get the most out of the viewing experience, and of course simultaneously getting wrapped up in the gifted art of film making in the process. John Wayne gives a top notch performance in what is obviously one of the first out and out serious roles that Ford gave him. His ageing Captain Nathan Brittles requires him to put in a very fallible human type of performance, something that he achieves in spad
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Cast
- John WayneCapt. Nathan Cutting Brittles
- Joanne DruOlivia Dandridge
- John AgarLt. Flint Cohill
- Ben JohnsonSgt. Tyree
- Harry Carey Jr.2nd Lt. Ross Pennell
- Victor McLaglenFirst Sergeant Quincannon
- Mildred NatwickAbby Allshard
- George O'BrienMaj. Mac Allshard
- Arthur ShieldsDr. O'Laughlin
- Michael DuganSgt. Hochbauer
Crew
- John FordDirector
- Laurence StallingsScreenplay
- Frank S. NugentScreenplay
- Winton C. HochDirector of Photography
- Richard HagemanOriginal Music Composer
- Jack MurrayEditor
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