The Searchers

Monday, August 10th at 7pm (hosted) & Tuesday, August 11th at 1pm

In this revered Western, 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. (1956, 1Hr 59Min)

MONDAY NIGHT PRESENTER: Page Laws was a close companion of Mal’s. She is Emerita Professor of English and was founding Dean of the Robert C Nusbaum Honors College at Norfolk State University. She currently serves as Corresponding Theater and Opera Critic for The Virginian-Pilot newspaper and Freelance Film Critic for Cineaste magazine.