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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Quotes

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ended in 1970.

It features Argosy Pictures as producer, Richard Hageman in charge of musical score, and Winton Hoch as head of cinematography.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is distributed by RKO Pictures.

The cast includes: John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles, Chief John Big Tree as Chief Pony That Walks, Mildred Natwick as Abby Allshard, Victor McLaglen as Top Sergeant Quincannon, Joanne Dru as Olivia Dandridge, and Michael Dugan as Sgt. Hochbauer.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Quotes

John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles

  • (John Wayne) "How many r's in territory?"
  • (Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke) "Two."
  • (Narrator) "So Nathan Brittles, ex-captain of cavalry U.S.A., started westward for the new settlements in California: westward toward the setting sun, which is the end of the trail for all old men. But the army hadn't finished with Nathan Brittles and it sent a galloper after him. THAT was Sgt. Tyree's department."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Yo-oh. Capt. Brittles."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Captain, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "Huh?"
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "For you, sir. From the Yankee War Department."
  • (John Wayne) "I knew it. Dad blast it -- I knew it."
  • (John Wayne) "What? Sergeant -- my appointment: chief of scouts. With a rank of Lt. Colonel. And will you look at those endorsements: Phil Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman and Ulysses Simpson Grant, President of The United States of America. There's three aces for you, boy."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Yeah, but I kinda wish you'da been a-holdin' a full hand."
  • (John Wayne) "Huh? Full hand? Whaddaya mean: full hand?"
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Robert E. Lee, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "Oh. Heh -- wouldn't a been bad. Let's go."
  • (John Wayne) "Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness."
  • (John Wayne) ""To Capt. Brittles from C Troop. Lest we forget.""
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Sir, would you take a look at Trooper Smith?"
  • (Pvt. John Smith aka Rome Clay) "Don't bother about me, Captain. Trust you'll forgive my presumption -- I'd like to commend the boy here -- for the way he handled this action. In the best tradition of the cavalry, sir."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "I take that very kindly, sir."
  • (Pvt. John Smith aka Rome Clay) "Captain Tyree. Captain Tyree."
  • (John Wayne) "Speak to him."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Thank you."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Yes, Sir. Sir. Sir."
  • (John Wayne) "I'm afraid he can't hear you, Captain."
  • (John Wayne) "Join me in a chaw of tobacco?"
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "No, sir. I don't chaw and I don't play cards."
  • (John Wayne) "Chawing tobacco is a nasty habit. Been known to turn a man's stomach."
  • (2nd Lt. Ross Penell) "I'll take a chaw if you please, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "Sidesaddle, Riley?"
  • (Unnamed) "Sidesaddle, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "Where are you going, Mr. Penell?"
  • (2nd Lt. Ross Penell) "Picnic-ing, sir."
  • (John Wayne) "Picnic-ing?"
  • (John Wayne) "Picnic-ing, Miss Dandridge? Where, in St Louis?"
  • (John Wayne) "I don't know where you got your brains, Sergeant; God must have given you that pair of eyes. They're Arapahos, alright. Headin' the same way we are. Now why would they be movin' on Sudrow's Wells, Sergeant? Answer me that."
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "My mother didn't raise any sons to be makin' guesses in front of Yankee captains."
  • (John Wayne) "Were you ever scared, "Captain" Tyree?"
  • (Sgt. Tyree) "Yes, sir. Up to and includin' now."
  • (John Wayne) "Button your shirt, Mister Pennell. Thought better of you. Four years out here and still actin' like a wet-eared "kaydet" on the Hudson. What is this all about, Mr. Cohill?"
  • (Lt. Flint Cohill) "Sir, I -- I decline to answer -- respectfully."
  • (John Wayne) "Mr. Cohill, it is a bitter thing, indeed, to learn that an officer who has had nine years experience in the cavalry; the officer to whom I am surrendering command of this troop in two more days; should have so little grasp of leadership as to allow himself to be chivvied into a go at fisticuffs while 'Taps' still sounds over a brave man's grave. God help this troop when I'm gone."
  • (John Wayne) "Sgt. Tyree, I'm ordering you to volunteer again."
  • (2nd Lt. Ross Penell) "I'm sorry, sir --"
  • (John Wayne) "Oh, shut up."
  • (John Wayne) "Well, on my way. Goodbye, Mac. Say goodbye to Abby."
  • (Mildred Natwick) "And you'll do no such thing, Nathan Brittles. 'Goodbye' is a word we don't use in the cavalry. To our next posting --"
  • (John Wayne) "Nice girl -- reminds me of you."

Victor McLaglen as Top Sergeant Quincannon

  • (Victor McLaglen) "Can you swim, Dickie me boy?"
  • (Unnamed) "No."
  • (Victor McLaglen) "Well, I'm the best swimmer in the world. Once I swam the English Channel -- with an anvil on me chest."
  • (Victor McLaglen) "I'll have a whiskey, Irish, and I'll pour it myself."
  • (Victor McLaglen) "They'll make a fine, boisterous couple when they're married, Captain."

Joanne Dru as Olivia Dandridge

  • (Joanne Dru) "I'm sorry I made such a fool of myself at the gate this morning."
  • (John Wayne) "You made a fool out of a couple of young lieutenants. That's never against Army regulations."
  • (Joanne Dru) "You don't have to say it, Captain. I know all this is because of me; because I wanted to see the West; because I wasn't; I wasn't "Army" enough to stay the winter."
  • (John Wayne) "You're not quite "Army" yet, miss -- or you'd know never to apologize -- it's a sign of weakness."
  • (Joanne Dru) "Yes, but this was your last patrol and I'm to blame for it."
  • (John Wayne) "Only the man who commands can be blamed. It rests on me -- mission failure."

Michael Dugan as Sgt. Hochbauer

  • (Michael Dugan) "You're out of uniform, Quincannon."
  • (Victor McLaglen) "Oh, I am, am I? Well, I'm in the proper uniform -- the uniform of a retired gentleman."
  • (Michael Dugan) "You're under arrest, Quincannon."
  • (Victor McLaglen) "By whose orders?"
  • (Michael Dugan) "By order of Capt. Brittles. Are you coming peaceably?"
  • (Victor McLaglen) "Laddie, I've never gone any place peaceably in me life."

Mildred Natwick as Abby Allshard

  • (Mildred Natwick) "How did "Marching Through Georgia" take the idea of "Old Iron Pants" riding with him?"
  • (Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke) "Under protest, my dear."
  • (John Wayne) "Under WRITTEN protest, Abby, of course. It's always my pleasure to escort "Old Iron Pants." Well, as long as you're going along with us, I guess we'll have --"
  • (John Wayne) "Abby, that is the dad-blastedest outfit I ever did see. Quincannon's old britches."

Chief John Big Tree as Chief Pony That Walks

  • (Chief John Big Tree) "Hey, Nathan. Nathan. I am a Christian. Hallelujah. Old friend, me. Long time. Long time."
  • (John Wayne) "I come in peace, Pony That Walks."
  • (Chief John Big Tree) "Talk a salt, Nathan. Take salt. Smoke pipe. Good. Good."
  • (John Wayne) "Pony That Walks, my heart is sad at what I see. Your young men painted for war. Their scalp knives red. The medicine drums talking. It is a bad thing."
  • (Chief John Big Tree) "A bad thing, Nathan. Many will die. My young men, your young men. No good. No good."
  • (John Wayne) "We must stop this war."
  • (Chief John Big Tree) "Too late, Nathan. Young men do not listen to me. They listen to Big Medicine. Yellow Hair Custer dead. Buffalo come back. Red sun. Too late, Nathan. You will come with me. Hunt buffalo together. Smoke many pipes. We are too old for war."
  • (John Wayne) "Yes, we are too old for war. But old men should stop wars."
  • (Chief John Big Tree) "Too late, too late. Many squaws will sing the Death Songs. Many lodges will be empty. You come with me, we hunt buffalo, get drunk together. Hallelujah. Hallelujah."
  • (John Wayne) "No, friend, I must go. I go far away."
  • (Chief John Big Tree) "Then, Nathan, my brother, go in peace."

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