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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 Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece ( Natalie Wood ), accompanied by his adopted nephew ...
The Searchers: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond. An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.
Ethan (John Wayne) returns to his family living in the Texican desert. Within a day there is suspicious activity within the larger community, requiring all able men to leave homes and investigate...
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The classic Ford western, starring John Wayne as a hard-hearted frontiersman who spends years doggedly pursuing his niece, who was kidnapped by Indians. A simple western structure...
Soon after Ethan's arrival, Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton, a captain in the Texas Rangers as well as an old family friend, announces that the cattle of local rancher Lars Jorgensen have been stolen. Although Ethan is somewhat contemptuous of Sam, he joins Martin and a posse in pursuit of the thieves.
Nov 25, 2001 · The niece of Ethan Edwards (Wayne) is kidnapped by Comanches who murder her family and burn their ranch house. Ethan spends five years on a lonely quest to hunt down the tribe that holds the girl Debbie ( Natalie Wood )--not to rescue her, but to shoot her dead, because she has become “the leavin's of a Comanche buck.”
