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Movie

The Searchers

1956 · Released · 119 min · United States · English

Drama War Western

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, accompanied by his adopted, partially Native American nephew (Jeffrey Hunter), spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood). It was shot in VistaVision on Eastmancolor negative with processing and prints by Technicolor.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Der Schwarze Falke
Français
La Prisonnière du désert
Italiano
Sentieri selvaggi
日本語
捜索者
한국어
수색자
Polski
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