The Searchers

Name: The Searchers
Director: John Ford
Genre: Western
Released: 1956
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7.7

He had to find her... he had to find her...

1956·Directed by John Ford·3.9·1h 59m

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Western United States of America

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

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“Like all great works of art, it's uncomfortable. The core of the movie is deeply painful. Every time I watch it—and I've seen it many, many times since its first run in 1956—it haunts and troubles me.”

Martin Scorsese

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

“I love The Searchers very much.”

Kevin Costner

Actor, Director

“This is one of my favorite films that I have ever seen and I keep thinking about it — it's never far away from my mind. My whole life I've been trying to get a moment half as good as John Wayne finding Natalie Wood and you think he's going to kill her, but he kind of picks her up and takes her home. There's that kind of impact out in the desert.”