Movies / The Searchers (1956) / Keywords
- 1860s
- 1870s
- adopted son
- ambush
- attempted murder
- bare chested male
- based on novel
- beautiful woman
- biracial
- bitterness
- blizzard
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
- brother in law sister in law relationship
- buddy movie
- buffalo
- calvary
- canada
- canceled wedding
- catch phrase
- character driven
- character repeating someone else's dialogue
- character study
- chase
- civil war veteran
- comanche indian
- conflicted hero
- cowboy
- culture clash
- dark hero
- dark past
- deep focus
- desert
- dialogue driven
- dinner
- distrust
- dog
- eccentric
- escape attempt
- family reunion
- fear
- forbidden love
- frontier
- fugitive
- funeral
- hat
- hatred
- hidden truth
- horse
- hymn
- imagery
- kidnapping
- locket
- loss of brother
- loss of father
- loss of girlfriend
- loss of mother
- loss of sister
- male bonding
- marriage
- mexican
- mexican border
- missing person
- mistrust
- monument valley
- murder
- mysterious past
- native american
- native american attack
- native american chief
- native american reservation
- new mexico
- off screen murder
- orchestral music score
- orphan
- paranoia
- posse
- post civil war
- prejudice
- racial reconciliation
- racial violence
- racism
- raid
- rejection
- remote
- repeated line
- rescue
- revenge
- scalp
- scalping
- scarface
- scream
- search and rescue mission
- search for lost relative
- secret past
- self righteousness
- stereotyping
- superiority complex
- suspicion
- swedish american
- texas
- texas ranger
- tolerance
- tracker
- trade
- tragic hero
- trail
- uncle nephew relationship
- uncle niece relationship
- visual metaphor
- wedding party
- western frontier
- western music
- wilderness
- will