Directed by:
John FordScreenplay:
Frank S. NugentCinematography:
Winton C. HochComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Qualen, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Antonio Moreno (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He's seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive, five-year quest, Ethan encounters something he didn't expect to find: his own humanity. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ruth Clifford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000130_a5c40c.jpg)
Ruth Clifford
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Chuck Hayward](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/366/160366456_58f74c.jpg)
Chuck Hayward
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
Spartacus (1960)
High Noon (1952)
![Peter Mamakos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/929/159929230_77f83b.jpg)
Peter Mamakos
USA
Best movies:
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Mae Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279680_87e7fa.jpg)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Frank McGrath](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/562/161562427_d8d1a4.jpg)
Frank McGrath
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
![Jack Pennick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/929/159929178_5a25b1.jpg)
Jack Pennick
USA
Best movies:
City Girl (1930)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Stagecoach (1939)
![Chuck Roberson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/288/161288177_cd5a00.jpg)
Chuck Roberson
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
El Dorado (1966)
Spartacus (1960)
William Steele
USA
Best movies:
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
The Searchers (1956)
![Chief Thundercloud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/404/163404765_394fcf.png)
Chief Thundercloud
USA
Best movies:
Union Pacific (1939)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
The Plainsman (1936)
![Terry Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/561/161561001_a13dc1.jpg)
Terry Wilson
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
The Searchers (1956)