The Searchers

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American film Western film film

The Searchers is a 1956 American Western film directed by John Ford, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential movies in cinema history.

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The Searchers (1956 film) 1
The Searchers (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
antagonist Scar ⓘ
aspectOf American frontier ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Alan Le May ⓘ
basedOn The Searchers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Searchers (novel)
cinematographer Winton C. Hoch NERFINISHED ⓘ
color color film ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
composer Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Ford ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion United States theatrical release ⓘ
editor Jack Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation Arizona ⓘ
Monument Valley ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
genre Drama ⓘ
Western ⓘ
includedInList AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies ⓘ
Sight & Sound critics' poll ⓘ
surface form: Sight & Sound greatest films polls
mainCharacter Debbie Edwards ⓘ
Ethan Edwards ⓘ
Martin Pawley NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
notableFor influence on later filmmakers ⓘ
status as one of the greatest films in cinema history ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer C. V. Whitney NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany C. V. Whitney Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1956 ⓘ
releaseDate March 13, 1956 ⓘ
runtime 119 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Frank S. Nugent NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Old West ⓘ
surface form: American Old West

Texas ⓘ
starring Harry Carey Jr. ⓘ
Henry Brandon ⓘ
Jeffrey Hunter ⓘ
John Qualen NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Wayne ⓘ
Ken Curtis ⓘ
Natalie Wood ⓘ
Olive Carey ⓘ
Vera Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ward Bond ⓘ

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The Searchers → basedOn → The Searchers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Searchers (novel)
Bronson Canyon → featuredIn → The Searchers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Searchers (1956 film)
John Ford → notableWork → The Searchers ⓘ
Jack Ford → notableWork → The Searchers ⓘ
subject surface form: John Ford