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The searchers

Series: The John Wayne collection Published by : Warner Bros. Entertainment (Burbank, California) Physical details: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:1419853783; 9781419853784. Year: 2007
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Videos/Films Book Cart Sea (Browse shelf) Available State Grant in Aid 110038

From the novel by Alan LeMay.

"Disc one, the movie"--Disc label.

DVD release of the motion picture originally produced in 1956.

Widescreen.

Special features: New digital transfer from Restored VistaVision Picture and Audio Elements; Introduction by Patrick Wayne (John Wayne's son and The Searchers co-star); Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich; Theatrical trailer.

Photographed by Winton C. Hoch ; music by Max Steiner ; the song "The Searchers" by Stan Jones ; art directors, Frank Hotaling and James Basevi ; film editor, Jack Murray ; men's wardrobe, Frank Beetson ; women's wardrobe, Ann Peck ; set decorator, Victor Gangelin.

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

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.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1, dual layer, widescreen presentation; enhanced for widescreen TVs ; Dolby Digital mono.

For private home use only.

English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Golden Globe Awards, 1958: Most Promising Newcomer - Male (Patrick Wayne)

National Film Registry, 1989

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