The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Epic Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece, accompanied by his adoptive nephew. The film was a commercial success. Since its release, it has come to be considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. It was named the greatest American Western by the American Film Institute in 2008, and it placed 12th on the same organization's 2007 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time. Entertainment Weekly also named it the best Western. The British Film Institute's Sight & Sound magazine ranked it as the seventh-best film of all time based on a 2012 international survey of film critics and in 2008, the French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma ranked The Searchers number 10 in their list of the 100 best films ever made.
| Réalisateur | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | Frank S. Nugent |
| Starring | John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood |
| Music | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Production, company | C.V. Whitney Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Released | May 16, 1956 (Chicago Theatre) |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.75 million |
| Netflix ID | 70048803 |
À propos de The Searchers
John Ford directed film about a Civil War veteran who tries to rescue his niece from a tribe of Native Americans. The film is based on Alan Le May's 1954 novel.
Réalisation de The Searchers
The movie was filmed in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and California. Patrick Wayne won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer - Male.
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