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The Searchers

Summary: An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm.

Release Date: May 26, 1956

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western

Director: John Ford

Writers: Frank S. Nugent

, Charles Dorat

Runtime: 1 h 59 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: C.V. Whitney Pictures

Distributor: Warner Bros., RCA (II), Warner Home Video, Image Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,750,000

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1860s 1870s 19th century abducted by indians adopted son afi ambush american civil war american civil war veteran american indian american indian war party army fort attempted murder bare chested male based on novel battle bible biracial bitterness blanket blizzard boot boyfriend girlfriend relationship brawl brother in law sister in law relationship buddy comedy buffalo campfire canada canceled wedding cantina catchphrase cattle rustling cavalry cavalry charge character driven character repeats someone else's dialogue chase cigar smoking civil war civil war music civil war veteran colt .45 comanche indian conscription cowboy cowboy boots cowboy hat cowboy shirt cowboys and indians cult film culture clash dancer dancing dark hero dark past death of dog death of nephew death of oldest neice death of sister in law death of son deception deep focus desert desire for a rocking chair dialogue driven dinner dispute distrust dog door frame shot doppelganger eccentric epic epic western escape attempt evil man ex soldier family in jeopardy family relationships family reunion famous line father daughter relationship fear fight filmed on location fistfight forbidden love frontier fugitive funeral funeral music funeral sermon going native good versus evil graveyard grief gun gunfight hat hatred hero hidden truth horse horseback chase horseback riding hymn imagery indian indian war insanity jealousy john doe warrant kidnapped girl kidnapping knife left behind letter read aloud locket long engagement loss of brother loss of father loss of girlfriend loss of mother loss of sister male bonding male female relationship male protagonist man in a bathtub man wears a top hat many framed shots marriage massacre mexican mexican border mexican comanchero mexican food minister missing person mistrust monument valley mother daughter relationship murder mysterious past national film registry native american native american attack native american chief native american language native american reservation native american white relationships navajo indian new mexico new mexico territory obsession off screen murder on the road orchestral music score orphan paranoia paying for information pistol posse post civil war pouring water over someone's head prejudice quick draw racial reconciliation racial violence racism racist rag doll raid raised by indians ranger captain redemption rejection religion remote repeated line repeating rifle repressed desire rescue rescue of a captive retribution revenge revolver revulsion rifle river battle road movie rocking chair saber scalp scalping scalps on a pole scarface schizophrenia schizophrenic scream search search and rescue search and rescue mission search for lost relative secret past self righteousness sexual jealousy shootout shot shot in the back shot in the buttocks shotgun singer singing six shooter snowstorm sombrero song spur squaw stakeout stereotyping stockholm syndrome superiority complex suspicion swedish american sword texas texas ranch texas ranger timeframe 1860s timeframe 1870s timeframe 19th century tolerance tough guy tracker trade trader tragic hero trail two man search two word title uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship villain vindication violence visual metaphor vomiting warner bros.warrior wedding wedding dress wedding fight wedding party western frontier western hero western music white indian white men among native americans white raised as indian wilderness will winchester rifle woman wears a derby woman wears a wedding dress year 1868

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