The Searchers

United States, 1956

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Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) resolves to find his niece, abducted by Indians at the close of the Civil War. It is an odyssey which takes five years, by the end of which he plans to take revenge on the Indians for the friends and family he has lost. John Ford used sumptuous Monument Valley as a background for this his most poetic and complex western. Stars Vera Miles and a young Natalie Wood. Based on a novel by Alan Le May.

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Credits

director

John Ford

producer

Merian C. Cooper

production company

Warner Bros Pictures

Duration

01:59:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1956

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302329

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q276769

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