
Variety
Some fine vignettes of frontier life in the early southwest and a realistic presentation of the difficulties faced by the settlers in carving out a homestead in dangerous Indian country.
Full reviewAn epic, morally complex Technicolour adventure, The Searchers is legendary Western director John Ford’s most famous and influential film. John Wayne is loner antihero Ethan Edwards, a former Confederate soldier who returns to his brother's frontier cabin three years after the end of the Civil War. When his niece (Natalie Wood) is captured by Comanches, he sets off with his half-Indian nephew Martin on a bitter and relentless five-year search for the girl and for Scar (Henry Brandon), the fearsome chief who abducted her.
Some fine vignettes of frontier life in the early southwest and a realistic presentation of the difficulties faced by the settlers in carving out a homestead in dangerous Indian country.
Full reviewStriking cinematography and character ambiguity makes this a powerful and thought-provoking Wild West Odyssey.
Full reviewThe Searchers is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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