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.

• 1 hr 59 min
• Directed by

  John Ford
• Written by Frank S. Nugent

• Starring

  John Wayne

  ,

  Jeffrey Hunter

  ,

  Vera Miles

  ,

  Ward Bond

  ,

  Natalie Wood

  ,

  John Qualen

  ,

  Olive Carey

  ,

  Henry Brandon

  ,

  Ken Curtis

  ,

  Harry Carey Jr.

  ,

  Antonio Moreno

  ,

  Hank Worden

  ,

  Walter Coy

  ,

  Pippa Scott

  ,

  Patrick Wayne

  ,

  Chief Thundercloud

  ,

  Ruth Clifford

  ,

  Nacho Galindo

  ,

  Robert Lyden

  ,

  Cliff Lyons

  ,

  Peter Mamakos

  ,

  Mae Marsh

  ,

  Chuck Roberson

  ,

  Jack Pennick