She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
| She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | |
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| Directed by | John Ford |
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| Based on | The Big Hunt 1947 story in The Saturday Evening Post War Party 1948 story in The Saturday Evening Post by James Warner Bellah |
| Produced by | Argosy Pictures |
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| Narrated by | Irving Pichel |
| Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | Richard Hageman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Argosy Pictures |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million |
| Box office | $2.7 million (rentals) |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a 1949 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, with Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, and Harry Carey Jr, in support. It is the second film in Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", along with Fort Apache (1948) and Rio Grande (1950). With a budget of $1.6 million, the film was one of the most expensive Westerns made up to that time. A major hit for RKO, it received its name from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon", a song popular with the U.S. military.
Written by Frank Nugent and Laurence Stallings, the film was shot in Technicolor on location in Monument Valley utilizing large areas of the Navajo reservation along the Arizona-Utah state border. Ford and cinematographer Winton C. Hoch based much of the film's imagery on the paintings and sculptures of Frederic Remington. Hoch won the Best Cinematography Award (Color) at the 22nd Academy Awards.