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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).
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1943) Useless Cowboy (1944) – Adapted in Along Came Jones (1945), directed by Stuart Heisler; Winter Range (1948) The Searchers (1954) – Adapted in The Searchers (1956), directed by John Ford; The Unforgiven, AKA Kiowa Moon (1957) – Adapted in The Unforgiven (1960), directed by John Huston; By Dim and Flaring ...
Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings. On television, Hunter is known for his 1965 role as Captain Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original ...
From that memorable closeup of him in his breakout movie, "Stagecoach," to all the performances that followed in movies like "The Searchers," "Rio Bravo," "Sands of Iwo Jima," and "True Grit," the ...
Tom Hanks is the kind of actor about whom we accept the aphorism that he could read the phone book and make it sound great. Reuniting Hanks with “Captain Phillips” director Paul Greengrass ...
Henry Brandon (born Heinrich von Kleinbach; [citation needed] 8 June 1912 – 15 February 1990) was an American film and stage character actor with a career spanning almost 60 years, involving more than 100 films; he specialized in playing a wide diversity of ethnic roles.
Based on Michael Lewis’ 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, the 2009 film was inspired by the true story of Oher and his relationship with the Tuohy family, but the subject of the ...
The Search is a 1948 American film directed by Fred Zinnemann that tells the story of a young Auschwitz survivor and his mother who search for each other across post-World War II Europe. It stars Montgomery Clift , Ivan Jandl , Jarmila Novotná and Aline MacMahon .