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The searchers Cover Image DVD DVD

The searchers [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.

Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Added Author). Steiner, Max, 1888-1971 (Added Author). Nugent, Frank S. (Added Author). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (Added Author). Hunter, Jeffrey, 1925-1969 (Added Author). Miles, Vera. (Added Author). Bond, Ward, 1903-1960 (Added Author). Wood, Natalie. (Added Author). Le May, Alan, 1899-1964 Searchers. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) (Added Author). C.V. Whitney Pictures. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Entertainment. (Added Author). John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790782960 :
  • ISBN: 9780790782966
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: [50th Anniv. ed].
  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
DVD release of the motion picture originally produced in 1956.
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) ; introduction 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.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc one. The searchers -- Disc two. Bonus features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Photography, Winton C. Hoch ; editor, Jack Murray ; music, Max Steiner.
Participant or Performer Note:
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; English stereo., French mono.; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
In English or French, with English, French, or Spanish subtitles.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Hood River County Library DVD FIC SEA (Text) 33892100260125 Adult DVDs Checked out 05/16/2025

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