Westerns > 1956 Westerns

Chasing Indians!

Advantages: good story, good acting great music
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

...film sees John Wayne playing the role of Ethan Edwards. It s set in Texas in 1868. Ethan returns 3 years after the war has ended to his brothers house and the family. He is pleased to be back but soon finds he is being asked to go and help the local men fight off a gang of Comanche Indians who have been threatening the people who live in the area and killing for no reason. As the men all set off to find the Indians they soon discover than they have ...
...Ethan returns home he finds the house and the family have been killed apart from his two nieces Lucy and Debbie who have been taken hostage by the Comanche Indians. Ethan and his sort of adopted nephew, Pauly, Ethan found him as a baby and sent him to his brothers to be bought up, set off in search of the Indians with the help of some of the local men with the hope of returning with both Lucy and Debbie but the trail is harder than they anticipated. ...

sewbizzie 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Searchers (50th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

Me, write a bad review? That'll be the day.

Advantages: A solid western with a good lead performance by John Wayne.
Disadvantages: In many ways dated and showing its age in terms of techniques and attitudes.

Overview The Searchers is a classic western starring John Wayne and directed by John Ford. It is regarded very highly both as an example of the Western genre and as a film in general attaining classic status in more recent times despite a less enthusiastic reception upon its initial release in1956. Plot This is very much a rescue and revenge tale. We follow the unconventional hero Ethan Edwards and his eventual companion Martin Pawley in a long ...
...group but they alone go the distance and are willing to see it through to the end, however long that takes. Martin Pawley leaves the woman he loves behind and their to-in and fro-ing though occaissionally irritating provides the emotional base of the film. John Wayne Not being a massive John Wayne film myself I am always somewhat perturbed by his presence in a film for it immediately becomes a John Wayne film almost, a seperate genre in itself. ...

thegoldencat 19.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Searchers (DVD)

Classic Film

Advantages: A Classic DVD
Disadvantages: None

...must for your collection . The woman who watch the film have the hankies at the ready as you could shed a few tears over this film no matter how often you watch it. Why an Oscar was never given for the acting I do not know. It is a film that you will watch over and over again. It has the typical western backdrop but the way it is portrayed you are caught up in the action. Also if you have a family you can all watch it together. Special effects for ...

craftmad 21.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Searchers (50th Anniversary Edition) (DVD)

John Wayne Legacy

Advantages: The great John Wayne, this box set is perfect for Western fans.
Disadvantages: None

...yesterday together with the legendary John Wayne and many more great actors and actresses this is for you. My favourites are Chisum, Rio Bravo and the wonderful Searchers, with Natalie Wood. The Searchers is a story of a man searching for his neice, together with his adopted nephew. Rio Bravo is a film made later on in his career, and he shows all his charm and charisma also in this film. John Wayne films never let you down and usually the good ...

Lyn1954 01.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of John Wayne Legacy (Box Set) (DVD)

Some say he's dead...some say he never will be

Advantages: Great acting, scenery
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...shift boat. The man is Jeremiah Johnson (played b Robert Redford) He is an ex-soldier, he has arrived in Utah to fulfil his ambition of becoming a mountain man. Jeremiah asks the local shop owner where he can go to hunt. The man gives him directions and Jeremiah sets off into the snowy mountains. Jeremiah comes across an old man who hunts bears. He teaches Jeremiah new skills. He tells Jeremiah that the territory he is heading for is indian territory. ...
...The Crows, are killers. Jeremiah again sets off. Along his route he survives treacherous weather and the fear of the indians. He comes across a house where he finds a hysterical woman. Her husband and son have been killed and scalped by the Crows. Jeremiah helps the woman bury her family. He goes into her house to find a small boy cowering in the corner. The woman insists that Jeremiah take the boy with him on his travels. The boy does not speak ...

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Review of Jeremiah Johnson (DVD)