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The Searchers
He had to find her... he had to find her...
He had to find her... he had to find her...
Western - 1956
The Searchers
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As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Director:
,
John Ford
Cast:
,
Natalie Wood
,
John Qualen
,
John Wayne
,
Ward Bond
,
Vera Miles
,
Jeffrey Hunter
,
Olive Carey
,
Henry Brandon
,
Ken Curtis

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Rated:
Passed
Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
7 May 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English, Navajo, Navaho
Budget:
$3,750,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
2 Dec 2001
fresh:
A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
There is perhaps some discrepancy in the play between Wayne's heroic image and the pathological outsider he plays here (forever excluded from home, as the doorway shots at beginning and end suggest), but it hardly matters, given the film's visual splendou
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Through the central image of the frontier, the meeting point of wilderness and civilization, Ford explores the divisions of our national character, with its search for order and its need for violence, its spirit of community and its quest for independence
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
27 Jun 2007
fresh:
Some fine vignettes of frontier life in the early southwest and a realistic presentation of the difficulties faced by the settlers in carving out a homestead in dangerous Indian country.
– Ronald Holloway,
Variety,
27 Jun 2007
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