THE SEARCHERS (1956)

JOHN FORD

Classics Western Desert 10th - 19th Centuries Abduction Rob Recommends Tara's Midnight Movies Historical Recommended

Cast

JOHN WAYNE JEFFREY HUNTER VERA MILES WARD BOND NATALIE WOOD MAX STEINER FRANK S NUGENT ALAN LE MAY MERIAN C COOPER PATRICK FORD

Plot

Ford turns Monument Valley into an interior landscape as Wayne, and a half breed, pursue his five-year odyssey, a grim quest to kill both the Indian who abducted his niece and the tainted girl herself. Essential viewing and generally hailed as one of the greatest westerns.