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The searchers (v.f.)

Bond, Ward, 1903-1960 (Added Author). Ford, John, 1894-1973 (Added Author). Hunter, Jeffrey, 1925-1969 (Added Author). Le May, Alan 1899-1964 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Searchers. (Added Author). Miles, Vera. (Added Author). Nugent, Frank S. (Added Author). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (Added Author). Whitney, C. V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt), 1899-1992 (Added Author). Wood, Natalie. (Added Author). C.V. Whitney Pictures. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood. (Cast).

Summary: Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (119 min.) : digital, sound, black and white
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  • Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

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General Note:
Based on the novel by Alan Le May.
Originally released as a motion picture by Warner Bros., 1956.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
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:
CHV rating: F.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
English language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed July 20, 2015).

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Subject: Le May, Alan -- 1899-1964 -- Film and video adaptations
Comanche -- Drama
Indigenous captivities -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
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Whites -- Relations with Indigenous peoples -- Drama
West (U.S.) -- Drama
Genre: Feature films. > United States.
Streaming video.
Western films > United States.

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