Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Fim din da ya kammala a wannan shekarar shi ne kashi na biyu na Cavalry Trilogy, "Ta Sanya Ribbon Yellow" (Argosy / RKO, 1949), wanda John Wayne da Joanne Dru suka buga, tare da Victor McLaglen, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Mildred Natwick da Harry Carey Jr. An sake yin fim a wuri a cikin Monument Valley, an yaba da shi sosai saboda kyan gani na Technicolor (ciki har da sanannen yanayin doki da aka yi fim a gaban guguwa mai zuwa); ya sami Winton Hoch lambar yabo ta kyauta ta kyauta ta kyauta ta kyauta ta kyauta.
1950 Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography kuma ya yi babban kasuwanci a farkon saki, yana samun fiye da dala miliyan 5 a duk duniya. John Wayne, sa'an nan 41, ya kuma sami yabo mai yawa don rawar da ya taka a matsayin Kyaftin Nathan Brittles mai shekaru 60.