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Rare LaserDisc Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera...

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John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood in...

The Searchers

( Catalog Number 1012LV )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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The Searchers
1956 - 119 min. - Color
Genre: Western

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work. The film stars John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a case-hardened Civil War veteran returning to his brother Aaron's (Walter Coy) Texas home in 1868. When Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton (Ward Bond) arrives to raise a posse to run down the Comanche who have stolen the cattle of neighbor Lars Jorgenson (John Qualen), Ethan is among those who join him. They return to find the Edwards family slaughtered and the two girls, Lucy (Pippa Scott) and Debbie (Natalie Wood), missing. The posse continues to search for the girls but turns back as winter settles in. However, Ethan and his reluctantly accepted companion, Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), the girls' part-Cherokee stepbrother, press on for another seven years, with the Indian-hating veteran becoming ever more fanatical as the hard seasons pass. In his epic meditation on racism, obsession, paranoia, and the myth of the West, Ford explores the ugly underside of a genre that he had imbued with optimism in his early career. Wayne gives perhaps his most powerful performance as the embittered Edwards, but it's the visual poetry of what are possibly Ford's most carefully framed, lit, and composed images that shape this masterwork from beginning to end. As Wayne walks through the doorway at the film's end, he grabs his elbow in a tribute to his and Ford's close friend Harry Carey Sr., a Western film icon who had passed away a few years before.

Cast for The Searchers

John Wayne
Jeffrey Hunter
Vera Miles
Ward Bond
Natalie Wood (older)
John Qualen
Olive Carey
Henry Brandon
Ken Curtis
Harry Carey Jr.
Antonio Moreno
Hank Worden
Beulah Archuletta (Look)
Walter Coy
Dorothy Jordan
Pippa Scott
Patrick Wayne
Lana Wood (younger)

Crew for The Searchers

Producer Merian C. Cooper
Producer Patrick Ford
Cinematographer Winton C. Hoch
Composer Max Steiner
Director John Ford
Editor Jack Murray
Robert Gary
James Gooch
Writer Frank S. Nugent
Writer Alan Le May

Feature Details

Title: The Searchers
Feature Release Date: 1956
Genre: Western
Color: Color
Runtime: 119 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Catalog Number: 1012LV
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Warner Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 1012LV
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket

John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood in...

The Searchers

( Catalog Number 1012LV )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

The Searchers
1956 - 119 min. - Color
Genre: Western

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work. The film stars John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a case-hardened Civil War veteran returning to his brother Aaron's (Walter Coy) Texas home in 1868. When Rev. Samuel Johnson Clayton (Ward Bond) arrives to raise a posse to run down the Comanche who have stolen the cattle of neighbor Lars Jorgenson (John Qualen), Ethan is among those who join him. They return to find the Edwards family slaughtered and the two girls, Lucy (Pippa Scott) and Debbie (Natalie Wood), missing. The posse continues to search for the girls but turns back as winter settles in. However, Ethan and his reluctantly accepted companion, Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), the girls' part-Cherokee stepbrother, press on for another seven years, with the Indian-hating veteran becoming ever more fanatical as the hard seasons pass. In his epic meditation on racism, obsession, paranoia, and the myth of the West, Ford explores the ugly underside of a genre that he had imbued with optimism in his early career. Wayne gives perhaps his most powerful performance as the embittered Edwards, but it's the visual poetry of what are possibly Ford's most carefully framed, lit, and composed images that shape this masterwork from beginning to end. As Wayne walks through the doorway at the film's end, he grabs his elbow in a tribute to his and Ford's close friend Harry Carey Sr., a Western film icon who had passed away a few years before.

Cast for The Searchers

John Wayne
Jeffrey Hunter
Vera Miles
Ward Bond
Natalie Wood (older)
John Qualen
Olive Carey
Henry Brandon
Ken Curtis
Harry Carey Jr.
Antonio Moreno
Hank Worden
Beulah Archuletta (Look)
Walter Coy
Dorothy Jordan
Pippa Scott
Patrick Wayne
Lana Wood (younger)

Crew for The Searchers

Producer Merian C. Cooper
Producer Patrick Ford
Cinematographer Winton C. Hoch
Composer Max Steiner
Director John Ford
Editor Jack Murray
Robert Gary
James Gooch
Writer Frank S. Nugent
Writer Alan Le May

Feature Details

Title: The Searchers
Feature Release Date: 1956
Genre: Western
Color: Color
Runtime: 119 Minutes
Picture: Pan & Scan
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

IMDB Info...

Technical Details

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