The Searchers - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Searchers"
The Searchers (1956)
Timing:
1:59 (119 min)
7.697/10
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7.213/10
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7.8/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
C.V. Whitney
Producer
Patrick Ford
Producer
Executive Producer
Editor
Jack Murray
Editor
Art Direction
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction
Costume Design
Charles Arrico
Costume Design
Stunts
Henry Wills
Stunts
Dick Dial
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
John Hudkins
Stunts
Bryan 'Slim' Hightower
Stunts
Jack N. Young
Stunts
Fred Kennedy
Stunts
Set Decoration
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Jack Obringer
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Production Supervisor
Lowell J. Farrell
Production Supervisor
Associate Producer
Patrick Ford
Associate Producer
Orchestrator
Director of Photography
Winton C. Hoch
Director of Photography
Property Master
Dudley Holmes
Property Master
Script Supervisor
Robert Gary
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Vera Tomei
Hairstylist
Screenplay
Frank S. Nugent
Screenplay
Novel
Alan Le May
Novel
Sound Designer
Howard Wilson
Sound Designer
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound Designer
Special Effects
George Brown
Special Effects
Songs
Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director of Photography
Alfred Gilks
Second Unit Director of Photography
Sound
Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound
Howard Wilson
Sound
Hairdresser
Fae M. Smith
Hairdresser
Assistant Camera
Robert Rhea
Assistant Camera
Wardrobe Designer
Frank Beetson Jr.
Wardrobe Designer
Ann Peck
Wardrobe Designer
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1989.
- The film tops the American Film Institute's list of the best Westerns.
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Alan Le May (1954) about the events of the Texan-Indian Wars.
- “The Searchers” became John Ford’s first Western in five years. After a series of failures, he considered giving up directing.
- Although the Western takes place in Texas, Ford, as was his custom, filmed in Monument Valley (Utah).
- The innovative widescreen VistaVision technology was used for filming.
- During a break in filming, John Wayne found Bela Archuleta crying in one of the wigwams. When asked what was wrong, she replied that she would have to miss her son's wedding because of the shooting schedule. Wayne demanded that filming be stopped for a few days and personally arranged for Archuleta to fly to California for her son's wedding.
- During filming, one of the Native American children fell ill with pneumonia, and John Wayne called for his own plane and ordered the pilot to take the child to the hospital. For this, the Navajo tribe gave him the nickname "Man with the Big Eagle".
- During the filming of this movie, Natalie Wood was still in school, and sometimes John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter (who played Martin in the film) had to pick her up from school before shooting. Wood’s classmates were simply shocked.
- The filming of the scene where John Wayne’s character talks about finding and burying Lucy (played by Pippa Scott) was not without its problems due to Ward Bond’s sudden urge to shave. Wayne acted flawlessly, but the camera suddenly turned off. Wayne asked the operator what was wrong, but then the camera started working again, and filming continued. The camera was fine, but Bond had pulled the plug as he decided to shave at that moment, using an electric razor. No one on the set said anything to Ford, as he might have inflicted physical harm on Bond in a fit of rage. Several years later, after Bond’s death, operator Winton S. Hoch explained what had happened to Ford. According to Hoch, Ford turned pale with anger and was speechless for a moment.
- The scenes of the bison hunt were filmed in one of the reserves in Canada. John Ford learned that the reserve administration was shooting animals sick with brucellosis and asked to be allowed to send a film crew to the location.
- “The Searchers” was John Ford’s first Western in five years. After a series of failures, he considered quitting directing.
- During filming, one of the young Native American children fell ill with pneumonia, and John Wayne summoned his own plane and ordered the pilot to take the child to the hospital. For this, the Navajo tribe gave him the nickname “Man with the Big Eagle.”
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