The Searchers
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Summary
The Searchers is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,927 views/month, #107 of 94,065).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: John Ford[3]
- Screenwriter: Frank S. Nugent[4]
- Composer: Max Steiner[5]
- Genre: Western film[6], drama film[7], war film[8]
- Cast member: John Wayne[9], Jeffrey Hunter[10], Vera Miles[11], Ward Bond[12], John Qualen[13], Harry Carey[14], Ken Curtis[15], Natalie Wood[16], Pippa Scott[17], Antonio Moreno[18], Patrick Wayne[19], Lana Wood[20], Olive Carey[21], Henry Brandon[22]
- Producer: Merian C. Cooper[23], Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney[24]
- Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[25]
- Director of photography: Winton Hoch[26]
- Part of: National Film Registry[27]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
- Commons category: The Searchers (film)[29]
- Distribution format: video on demand[30]
- Review score: 9/10[31], 94/100[32], 87%[33], 7.8/10[34]
- Color: color[35]
- Country of origin: United States[36]
- Publication date: March 13, 1956[37], 1956[38], May 26, 1956[39]
- Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[40], Netflix[41]
- Narrative location: Texas[42]
- Filming location: California[43], Colorado[44], Arizona[45], Utah[46]
- Film editor: Jack Murray[47]
- Title: The Searchers[48]
- Has characteristic: film based on a novel[49]
- After a work by: Alan Le May[50]
Product Details
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Release type: Album[51]
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Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[52]
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First release date: 1996[53]
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Genre(s): classical[54]
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Community tags: classical[55]
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MusicBrainz ID: f54b4d52-9294-3d32-b30d-bc12378ec2c1[56]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for The Searchers include it[57], a musical group[58], founded in 1959[59].
Why It Matters
The Searchers has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for it include it[57], a musical group[58], founded in 1959[59].