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1956
The Searchers is a 1956 American epic Western film directed by John Ford and written by Frank S. Nugent, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May. It is set during the Texas–Indian wars and stars John Wayne as a middle-aged veteran of the Confederate Army who, accompanied by his adopted, partially Native American nephew, spends years looking for his abducted niece. It was shot in VistaVision on Eastmancolor negative…
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Fuente Ya tenia tiempo que no veía un western. Sin embargo, siempre he tendido ver las de Clint Eastwood, para variar decidí ver esta, en que el protagónico es de John Wayne. Estrenada en 1956. Siendo su director John Ford. > It's been a while since I've seen a western. However, I have always tended to watch Clint Eastwood's films, so for a change I decided to see this one, in which John Wayne plays the lead role. R…More
The first time I heard about *The Searchers*, the 1956 Western by John Ford, it was mentioned as the best film of all time. At the time, I was rather sceptical towards all those critics pronouncing the best films of all time and I had to wait a few more years before I understood the real importance of *The Searchers*. Soon after I had watched *Banović Strahinja*, the 1981 medieval drama shot in the former Yugoslavia…More
