The Searchers
"He had to find her... he had to find her..."
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Cast
John Wayne
Ethan Edwards
Jeffrey Hunter
Martin Pawley
Vera Miles
Laurie Jorgensen
Ward Bond
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Natalie Wood
Debbie Edwards
John Qualen
Lars Jorgensen
Olive Carey
Mrs. Jorgensen
Henry Brandon
Chief Cicatriz (Scar)
Ken Curtis
Charlie McCorry
Harry Carey, Jr.
Brad Jorgensen
Antonio Moreno
Emilio Gabriel Fernandez y Figueroa
Hank Worden
Mose Harper
Beulah Archuletta
Look
Walter Coy
Aaron Edwards
Dorothy Jordan
Martha Edwards
Pippa Scott
Lucy Edwards
Patrick Wayne
Lt. Greenhill
Lana Wood
Younger Debbie Edwards
Mae Marsh
Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Deranged Woman at Fort (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Ranger at Wedding (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Peter Mamakos
Jerem Futterman (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Sergeant at Fort (uncredited)
Terry Wilson
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Crew
C.V. Whitney
Producer
Jack Murray
Editor
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Frank S. Nugent
Screenplay
Winton C. Hoch
Director of Photography
Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
Alan Le May
Novel
John Ford
Director
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Henry Wills
Stunts
Dick Dial
Stunts
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
Stunts
John Hudkins
Stunts
Terry Wilson
Stunts
Fred Kennedy
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Bill Cartledge
Stunts
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Frank McGrath
Stunts
Dale Van Sickel
Stunts
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Fae M. Smith
Hairdresser
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
Charles Arrico
Costume Design
James Basevi
Art Direction
Jack Obringer
Makeup Artist
Robert Rhea
Assistant Camera
Vera Tomei
Hairstylist
Patrick Ford
Associate Producer
Stan Jones
Songs
Lowell J. Farrell
Production Supervisor
Alfred Gilks
Second Unit Director of Photography
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound
Howard Wilson
Sound
Robert Gary
Script Supervisor
Dudley Holmes
Property Master
George Brown
Special Effects
Frank Beetson Jr.
Wardrobe Designer
Ann Peck
Wardrobe Designer