1956/05/16 (US)
He had to find her... he had to find her...
1h 59min
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable....
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John Chard • 2014-06-04
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 daughter...
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Wuchak • 2021-04-13
_**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 retu...
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Filipe Manuel Neto • 2023-08-12
**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 Americ...
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CinemaSerf • 2024-06-09
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...
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griggs79 • 2024-11-15
As I delve into the AFI 100 films, _The Searchers_ emerges as the first that I've truly struggled to embrace. Despite its acclaim in film history, several elements made it a distur...
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