Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
- brother
- new mexico
- texas
- native american
- uncle
- racist
- prejudice
- racism
- massacre
- desert
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
John Wayne
Ethan Edwards
Jeffrey Hunter
Martin Pawley
Vera Miles
Laurie Jorgensen
Ward Bond
Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
- Natalie Wood — Debbie Edwards
- John Qualen — Lars Jorgensen
- Olive Carey — Mrs. Jorgensen
- Henry Brandon — Chief Cicatriz (Scar)
- Ken Curtis — Charlie McCorry
- Harry Carey, Jr. — Brad Jorgensen
- Antonio Moreno — Emilio Gabriel Fernandez y Figueroa
- Hank Worden — Mose Harper
- Beulah Archuletta — Look
- Walter Coy — Aaron Edwards
- Dorothy Jordan — Martha Edwards
- Directed
- John Ford
- Written
- Frank S. Nugent
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 1,593 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, C.V. Whitney Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
