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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.It is set during the Texas–Indian wars, and stars John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adopted nephew (Jeffrey Hunter).
When I was the movie reviewer for The Albuquerque Tribune from the late '70s into the mid '80s, I'd see two to four films a week. ... But the list usually includes "The Searchers," a 1956 John ...
Hunter as Martin Pawley in The Searchers. Hunter's career was revitalized when he successfully lobbied John Ford to cast him as the second lead in The Searchers (1956), supporting John Wayne. Disney borrowed him to play William Allen Fuller in the Civil War action movie The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), opposite Fess Parker.
Vera June Miles (née Ralston; born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress.She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and for playing Lila Crane in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and Richard Franklin's sequel Psycho II (1983).
Alex Cox's film Searchers 2.0 (2007) is about a road trip to Monument Valley. The final scenes feature a rare depiction of the area covered in snow. Jacques Mesrine and his mistress were arrested near Monument Valley in the film Mesrine (2008). Location sequences for the documentary Reel Injun (2009), on the history of Native Americans in the ...
Alan Brown Le May (June 3, 1899 – April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer.. He is most remembered for two classic Western novels, The Searchers (1954) and The Unforgiven (1957). [1]
His movie career began when he re-created the role two years later in the film adaptation of the stage production. That screen performance was followed by his appearance in John Ford 's Arrowsmith (1931), which began a more than 35-year membership in the director's "stock company" , with supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode ...
Film Year Studio Notes VistaVision Visits Norway: 1954: Paramount: Short film White Christmas: 1954: Paramount: First VistaVision release [1]3 Ring Circus: 1954