The Searchers Film Review
The Searchers was produced in 1956 and is a western film directed by John Ford. It is based on a 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas/Indian Wars. The Searchers was made in the dying days of the classic Western, which faltered when Indians ceased to be typecast as savages. In the film The Searchers, John Wayne plays as Ethan Edwards, a man who has returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother. He finds that his family has been massacred and his niece Debbie has been kidnapped by Comanche Indians and head Chief Scar. Ethan absolute hatred of Comanche’s and his loneliness set him apart from any other characters. Ethan Edwards begins obsessive quest to find his niece and alongside Edwards is
The Searchers was produced in 1956 and is a western film directed by John Ford. It is based on a 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas/Indian Wars. The Searchers was made in the dying days of the classic Western, which faltered when Indians ceased to be typecast as savages. In the film The Searchers, John Wayne plays as Ethan Edwards, a man who has returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother. He finds that his family has been massacred and his niece Debbie has been kidnapped by Comanche Indians and head Chief Scar. Ethan absolute hatred of Comanche’s and his loneliness set him apart from any other characters. Ethan Edwards begins obsessive quest to find his niece and alongside Edwards is