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The Searchers

1956 ‧ Western/Adventure ‧ 1h 59m
7.8/10 · IMDb 87% · Rotten Tomatoes 3.9/5 · Letterboxd
In this revered Western, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returns home to Texas after the Civil War. When members of his brother's family are killed or abducted by Comanches, he vows to track down his surviving relatives and bring them home. Eventually,...
Release date: March 13, 1956 (USA)
Director: John Ford
Cinematography: Winton C. Hoch
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Based on: The Searchers; 1954 novel; by Alan Le May
Budget: $3.75 million

Rating (96,709)
A veritable orchestral explosion opens the picture in the form of a fanfare over the Warner Bros. logo. As the credits roll we hear the haunting Stan Jones ...
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.
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Most of this plays like a buddy-cop detective story set in the Old West; it's a Starsky and Hutch for the 1800s. Fascinating and enthralling; infused with alot ...