Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘She Wore a Yellow Ribbon’: Earnest Cavalry Western Salutes Camaraderie

Victor McLaglen (L) and John Wayne in “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.” Warner Archive Collection

Passed | 1h 44min | Western | 22 October 1949 (USA)

“She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949) marks legendary director John Ford’s second film in his Cavalry Trilogy—nestled smack dab in between “Fort Apache“ (1948), and “Rio Grande” (1950).