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The Searchers (1956)

Name: The Searchers
Director: John Ford
Genre: drama film, Western film, war film
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7.8

The Searchers is a 1956 American epic Western film directed by John Ford and written by Frank S. Nugent, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas–Indian wars and stars John Wayne as a middle-aged veteran of the Confederate Army who, accompanied by his adopted, partially Native American nephew, spends years looking for his abducted niece. It was shot in VistaVision on Eastmancolor negative…

Directed by John Ford · Shot by Winton Hoch · Cut by Jack Murray · Music by Max Steiner · 119 min

Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: The Searchers (Ford, 1956) with John Wayne and Natalie Wood — Serious Feather · 16 min
Martin Scorsese on Watching THE SEARCHERS for the First Time — American Film Institute · 4 min
The Searchers -- What Makes This Movie Great? (Episode 102) — Learning about Movies · 11 min
The Searchers: Finding Meaning in the Wild Frontier — CineStructure · 9 min

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