Overview
- Film4 broadcasts the 1950 Western at 12:55pm, with free streaming on Channel 4 available for a limited time afterward.
- Directed by John Ford, the black‑and‑white film concludes his unofficial Cavalry Trilogy after Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
- John Wayne stars as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke with Maureen O’Hara and Claude Jarman Jr. in a story set on the post‑Civil War Texas frontier.
- Orson Welles called the film a “masterpiece,” and recent viewers single out Wayne’s layered performance and his chemistry with O’Hara.
- Commentary highlights a relationship‑centered narrative, mood‑enhancing cinematography, music by the Sons of the Pioneers, and Moab, Utah locations.