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Plot
On the verge of his retirement at Fort Starke, a one-troop cavalry post, aging US Cavalry Captain Nathan Cutting Brittles (John Wayne) is given one last mission: to take his troop and deal with a breakout from the reservation by the Cheyenne and Arapaho following the defeat of George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Brittles' task is complicated by being forced at the same time to deliver his commanding officer's wife and niece, Abby Allshard (Mildred Natwick) and Olivia Dandridge (Joanne Dru), to an eastbound stage and by the need to avoid a new Indian war. His troop officers, 1st Lt. Flint Cohill (John Agar) and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell (Harry Carey, Jr.), meanwhile vie for the affections of Miss Dandridge while uneasily anticipating the retirement of their captain and mentor.
Assisting him with his mission is Capt. Brittles' chief scout, Sgt. Tyree (Ben Johnson), a one-time Confederate cavalry officer; his first sergeant, Quincannon (Victor McLaglen); and Maj. Allshard (George O'Brien), Brittles' long-time friend and commanding officer.
After apparently failing in both missions, Brittles returns with the troop to Fort Starke to retire. His lieutenants continue the mission in the field, joined by Brittles after "quitting the post and the Army". Unwilling to see more lives needlessly taken, Brittles takes it upon himself to try to make peace with Chief Pony That Walks (Chief John Big Tree). When that too fails, he devises a risky stratagem to avoid a bloody war by stampeding the Indians' horses out of their camp, forcing the renegades to return to their reservation.
The film ends with Brittles being recalled to duty as chief of scouts with the rank of Lt. Colonel and Miss Dandridge and Lt. Cohill becoming engaged.

Cast
John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles ジョン・ウェイン
Joanne Dru as Olivia Dandridge ジョアン・ドルー
John Agar as Lieutenant Flint Cohill ジョン・エイガー
Ben Johnson as Sergeant Tyree ベン・ジョンソン
Harry Carey Jr. as Lieutenant Ross Pennell ハリー・ケリー・ジュニア
Victor McLaglen as Sergeant Quincannon ヴィクター・マクラグレン

Academy Awards
Won
Best Cinematography

ジョン・フォード監督の「黄色いリボン」です。ジョン・ウェインらが出演。
原題はShe Wore a Yellow Ribbonと言いますが、このタイトルは同じタイトルの歌から来ているんですよね。

↑これがその曲です。

この映画は西部劇なんですけど、ちょっと変わっていますね。何しろ銃で殺し合うというシーンがありません。ジョン・ウェインが出ていた「駅馬車」でも銃を撃ち合います。これが普通なんですが、この映画内では死者が出ません。死者が出ない西部劇は極めて異例ですね。

まぁ個人的には特別面白いと思ったわけではないんですけど、「アパッチ砦」「リオ・グランデの砦」と並ぶ「騎兵隊三部作」の一つなので見てみました。

黄色いリボン ニューマスター版 [ ジョン・ウェイン ] 価格:1,944円 (2017/9/13 14:00時点) 感想(0件)