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Play Time: 119 mins
Western
The Searchers

Overview:
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Status: Released (1956-05-16)
Awards:4 wins & 3 nominations
Screen:Frank S. Nugent, Alan Le May
Productions: C.V. Whitney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: Español, English,
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John Chard

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What makes a man to wander? Upon returning from a trip out to find cattle thieves, Ethan Edwards finds his brother and sister-in-law murdered by Comanches and their two daughters missing. Driven by a hatred of Indians, and a motive of some determination, Edwards and his part India ....

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Wuchak

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_**Overrated Wayne Western with a young Jeffrey Hunter**_ Released in 1956 and directed by John Ford, "The Searchers" chronicles the story of Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) who returns from the Civil War to his brother's ranch in the Southwest; and to his brother's wife, whom he secre ....

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Filipe Manuel Neto

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**An interesting film, very well made, but with a weak script.** This is one of those old Western movies where the cowboy figure is glorified as the epitome of the common American hero, the women are helpless youths waiting for a gunslinger to keep them safe, the West is a lawless ....

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CinemaSerf

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Fabulously framed against a backdrop of Monument Valley; this is a most cinematic experience. John Wayne leads in this classic story of a man whose family are murdered/kidnapped by Comanches and of his subsequent search for his family and for vengeance. Jeffery Hunter plays his nephe ....

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