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The Searchers (1956)

Western

John Ford's masterpiece about a seven-year search for a young girl abducted by Comanches. Her Indian-hating frontiersman uncle forms an uneasy alliance with her half-Indian foster brother as he undertakes the dangerous quest which becomes increasingly obsessive as the years go by. A complex exploration of Native American culture and the western myth.

Country
USA
Cast and crew
  • John FordDirector
  • John WayneEthan Edwards
  • Jeffrey HunterMartin Pawley
  • Natalie WoodDebbie Edwards (older)
  • Vera MilesLaurie Jorgensen
  • Ward BondRev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
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