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