The Searchers became one of the most notable collaborations between Wayne and his longtime mentor, John Ford. The movie star played Ethan Edwards, a Civil War soldier, who returns back to Texas ...

Steven Spielberg's favorite John Wayne Western has inspired him countless times over the course of his career, and its director left a huge impact on him.

John Wayne’s nuanced performance in The Searchers encompasses the film’s principal themes of hate and loss and redemption.In ...

'The Searchers' actor John Wayne referred to 2 of his Western movie classics as being better films than the iconic John Ford movie. Skip to main content. Showbiz Cheat Sheet.

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was ...

John Ford’s “The Searchers,” based on a lurid novel by Alan Le May, is one of the great American movie epics: the tale of a racist “Texican” adventurer, Ethan Edwards,… ...

These are uncomfortable times for John Wayne fans. The “Duke”, as he was nicknamed, came to define the western genre. From John Ford’s Stagecoach, The Quiet Man, The Searchers and The Man ...

In this photo released by Warner Bros., actor John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards in the 1956 film The Searchers. The film is among the American Film Institute's best western movies.(DMN file photo ...

Restoration of John Wayne’s ‘The Searchers’ to Premiere at 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival. The theme of this year’s event focuses on crime films. Kristen Lopez. November 14, 2023 @ 10:51 AM.

The Searchers received its first reviews 68 years ago today, but did you know John Wayne's co-star angered director John Ford on set for what he did to Duke?