An epic, morally complex Technicolour adventure, The Searchers is legendary Western director John Ford’s most famous and influential film. John...
An epic, morally complex Technicolour adventure, The Searchers is legendary Western director John Ford’s most famous and influential film. John Wayne is loner antihero Ethan Edwards, a former Confederate soldier who returns to his brother's frontier cabin three years after the end of the Civil War. When his niece (Natalie Wood) is captured by Comanches, he sets off with his half-Indian nephew Martin on a bitter and relentless five-year search for the girl and for Scar (Henry Brandon), the fearsome chief who abducted her.
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87 %98 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %40,983 reviewsAudience score rating
"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."
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Variety
Variety"A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Striking cinematography and character ambiguity makes this a powerful and thought-provoking Wild West Odyssey."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"On the scale of Westerns this is undoubtedly one of the most grand."
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BBC
BBCThe Searchers | Details
- Runtime
- 114
- Genre
- Adventure, Western
- Country of origin
- USA
