Name: The Searchers + Talk (U)
Start: 2024-11-28T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-28T21:30:00+00:00
Location: St Vincent College

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
About this Event

Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) returns home to Texas after the Civil War. When members of his brother's family are killed or abducted by Comanches, he vows to track down his surviving relatives and bring them home. Eventually, Edwards gets word that his niece Debbie (Natalie Wood) is alive, and, along with her adopted brother, Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), he embarks on a dangerous mission to find her, journeying deep into Comanche territory.

Considered to be John Ford's masterpiece, The Searchers is screening as part of our series highlighting films from Sight and Sound's best films of all time poll. the film will be preceded with a talk exploring why the film is considered a classic.