The Searchers [DVD videorecording] Warner Bros. Pictures and C.V. Whitney Pictures ; produced by Merian C. Cooper ; screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, from the novel by Alan LeMay ; directed by John Ford.
Publisher:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation English stereo., French mono.; Dolby Digital. 2 videodiscs (119 min.) : sd., col. ;
Special features: featurette, "The searchers: an appreciation" ; "A turning of the earth: John Ford, John Wayne and The searchers (1998 documentary narrated by John Milius) ; intorduction by John Wayne's son Patrick Wayne ; commentary by director John Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich ; "Behind the cameras" segments from the Warner Bros. Presents TV series ; theatrical trailer. Disc one. The searchers -- Disc two. Bonus features. Not rated. DVD release of the motion picture originally produced in 1956. Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood.
Summary:
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
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