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The Searchers
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The Searchers
John Ford
Western | USA | 1956 | 119 min
Date & Time
Screen
VERSION
17:30 - Fri. 12 Jun 2015
Gaumont Marignan - S.1
EN/sFR
SYNOPSIS

Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to his brother’s Texas ranch, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar.

CREDITS

John Ford - Director
Frank S. Nugent - Screenplay
Alen Le May - Screenplay
Max Steiner - Music

CAST

John Wayne - Ethan Edwards
Natalie Wood - Debbie Edwards
Jeffrey Hunter - Martin Pawley
Ward Bond - The Captain Samuel Johnson

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

John Ford is an American director and producer, amongst the most influential in classical Hollywood cinema. Four times winner of the Academy Award for Best Director for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952), he is also behind such hits as The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Stagecoach (1939) and The Searchers (1956).

FILM INFO
Year : 1956
Country : USA
Runtime : 119 min
Language : English
Colour : Colour