But instead of finding peace, the taciturn soldier finds tragedy when the murderous raiding party of ruthless Comanche Chief Scar massacres ... However, as the searchers ride through the ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "THE SEARCHERS") HENRY BRANDON: (as Chief Scar) You big shoulders, young one, he who follows. WAYNE: (as Ethan Edwards) You speak pretty good American for a Comanche.

“The Searchers,” which will be shown again to ... And still later we learn that the evil war chief Scar, who led the raid on the Edwards family, had lost two of his own sons to whites.

The Searchers begins in 1868 ... Ethan and Marty then begin a five-year journey tracking the Comanche chief Scar (Henry ...

“She’s been living with a buck,” spits Ethan, referring to Debbie’s probable marriage to Scar, the Indian warrior-chief who engineered her theft. * For what The Searchers fails to provide ...

The movie's title refers to the duo's five year search for the young woman, and their struggle to rescue her once she is adopted by the tribe and married to Chief Scar.

Thanks to Ford, who cut his teeth in silent pictures, The Searchers is a masterful combination ... a Comanche raiding party led by the murderous warlord Scar massacres the Edwards family, killing ...

At the climax of The Searchers, Wayne’s Ethan Edwards, bent on honor-killing his niece, Debbie (Natalie Wood), for marrying a Comanche warrior, finally relents, taking her in his arms and ...