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The Searchers

1956
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Attempted murder, Long-lost relatives, Ranchers, Rescues, Letters, Massacres, Weddings, Reconciliation, Indians of North America--Mixed blood, Obsession

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Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Director: John Ford
Writer: Frank S. Nugent
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch
Editor: Jack Murray
Production Designers: Frank Hotaling, James Basevi
Production Company: C. V. Whitney Pictures, Inc.

THE SEARCHERS (1956) has been named by many top directors, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, as one of their greatest influences. Director John Ford was reunited with frequent collaborator John Wayne for this picture, and filming took place on location at the iconic Monument Valley in Utah and Arizona on three-strip Technicolor… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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