The Searchers

The Searchers (1956)

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Half-Indian Martin Pawley's family was massacred in a Comanche raid, and his kid sister Debbie kidnapped. Martin and his Uncle Ethan, a Civil War veteran, have been searching for Debbie for five years. More than anything, Ethan hates Indians, and Martin gradually realizes that Ethan's hate is also directed towards him. He questions Ethan's motives in wanting to find Debbie. Does he want to rescue her or kill her?

Continuity mistake: In the scene where John Wayne is looking down at the arrow that Look has left, his moccasin is all brown. In the next shot, his moccasin is partially opened on the side, revealing his sock.

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Reverend Clayton: Mount! M-O-N-T-E! Mount.

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Question: Is the buckskin horse Martin is riding when they go on the search for the girls the same horse that he rode to death in the scene before?

Answer: No.

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