If you loved How the West Was Won, try She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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How the West Was Won

1962 · dir. John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall

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Both films are directed by John Ford, and they both carry the autumnal, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Western territory. If that's the register that drew you to How the West Was Won, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is

Rio Bravo meets The Searchers. Captain Nathan Brittles leads a last patrol. John Wayne carries a classic Western.

If you loved How the West Was Won, try She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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What She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is

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If you loved How the West Was Won, try She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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What they share

What She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is

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