--- product_id: 674709572 title: "The Searchers (2024 Remastered) [Blu-ray]" price: "S/.98" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/674709572-the-searchers-2024-remastered-blu-ray store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # The Searchers (2024 Remastered) [Blu-ray] **Price:** S/.98 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Searchers (2024 Remastered) [Blu-ray] - **How much does it cost?** S/.98 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/674709572-the-searchers-2024-remastered-blu-ray) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters something unexpected: his own humanity. Beautifully photographed by Winston C. Hoch, thrillingly scored by Max Steiner, and memorably acted by a superb ensemble including Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood and Ward Bond, The Searchers endures as a great film of enormous scope and breathtaking physical beauty (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic). Named the greatest American Western by the American Film Institute in 2008, The Searchers was among the first 25 films deemed culturally or aesthetically significant by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989, when it was inducted in its National Film Registry. Now meticulously restored from its original negative, this new presentation of The Searchers presents this masterpiece with unparalleled image quality, accompanied by an impressive array of special features. Review: The Greatest Western of All Time-With a Timeless Theme - In the works of Indo-European literature there is a hero who stands outside his society, but fights viciously for it. This hero never gets the comfort of a regular life and instead follows his fate to the end. Siegfried, Achilles, Hercules, etc. fit this motif. In The Searchers, Ethan (John Wayne) plays this role. The story of The Searchers comes from a true story-a Comanche raid which killed a Texas family and snatch a little girl-Cynthia Ann Parker- who is held captive for many years. Parker's story is not unique in the early history of Texas, especially following the Civil War northern Texas was under severe threat from Indians. In 1956, when The Searchers was made, there were still a few old-timers around that remembered Comanche raids. Even (Senator in 1956) Lyndon Baines Johnson's family had suffered from Comanche Raids. Cynthia Ann Parker turned out to be successfully integrated into the Comanche Tribe, but she was an exception. Men and older women were killed outright or tortured to death at the time of capture, surviving girls were raped, tortured and disfigured after being returned to the Indian Camp. The girls would also be made to toil with no end. Thomas Goodrich, in his book Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879 called his chapter on captivity "A Fate Worse than Death." Texans during the Indian War days knew this and The Searchers excellently captures the fear and hatred of the times. Ethan enters the story as a heroic man alone in the first scene. He never surrendered with the Confederate Army and seems to live by robbery. He hates Indians with the hatred of a warrior who has fought them head-on before. He even rudely tests the racial loyalties of 1/8th Cherokee, Martin (Jeffrey Hunter) while at dinner with his family. The Comanche eventually lure the Rangers away from a settlement and kill Ethan's brother's family, leading the girls into captivity. This is a scene of acting excellence. The audience feels the fear of the family and the attack happens without showing the Indians, or indeed showing anything scary whatsoever, yet the suspense is heavy. Suffice to say the girls are captured and Ethan and Martin head on a quest to rescue Debbie, the lone survivor. During the quest, the nature of conflict is richly explored. The Red-White conflict is an un-reserved fight, much like the American-Japanese conflict of the Pacific War. The oldest captured white girl is raped and killed. The pursuing whites mutilate bodies of fallen Comanche, the US Cavalry crashes into Indian villages shooting with no mercy, Ethan's motivations seem more to kill Indianized Debbie as much as redeem her. The heroes also have conflicts-but muted conflicts-with other whites, Ethan's relationship with the Texas Rangers is one of barely avoiding arrest. Ethan kills a treacherous merchant, and Martin fights another man for the hand of a woman. Through this, the conflicting and impulsive internal motives of Ethan surface and clash, making a darkly layered character. The Searchers is the last of the Westerns where the Indians are unreservedly portrayed as savages. After 1960, Americans had no living recollection of the Indian Wars, and were instead softened by prosperity and beguiled by an elitist media ambivalent at best about the security of Americans like the whites portrayed in the movie. After The Searchers, movies started to portray Indians as noble heroes or righteous victims of oppression. Not until aircraft started to crash into buildings and Islamic Terrorists began posting beheadings on the internet did the older view of Indians start to get a revision. In the final scene Ethan's special aloneness returns. Debbie is carried into the doors of civilization by her loving neighbors and kinsmen while Ethan stands alone, outside, forever in the wilderness. His fate sealed. Review: Best Western Ever Made - I want to say from the start that I am not a real fan of westerns and I am not a real fan of John Wayne. I found him to be a very nice looking, likeable guy but he always played "John Wayne". BUT, in this instance, and again in True Grit, playing John Wayne is the perfect thing to do. This is a movie I've never forgotten and when, rarely, it pops up on t.v. I always watch it. It just grabs you from the first gorgeous scene of the doorway. Reading the reviews was very informative as it kept me from ordering the 2 disc anniversary version and I'm usually a sucker for those. One of the reviews said that the 2 disc version was much too dark in several places. I ordered the l997 single disc version and it was beautiful. Not as digitally remastered as maybe some later versions are. If there is anyone out there that has not seen "The Searchers" because it's an old John Wayne western, then put a copy in your cart immediately. You wont be sorry. Come to think about it, maybe John Wayne was always a better actor than I thought. In small subtle ways he told me in this movie of his great love for the murdered woman which to me was the driving force behind his obsession to find the girl. I believe that he thought of her as the only remaining link with the woman he adored. I've looked at the first few scenes of this movie several times. The interaction between "Martha" and "Ethan" is beautiful to watch. Her slowly stepping back into the doorway while unable to take her eyes off his face is genius either on her part or the part of the director. With nothing but the looks on their faces and subtle body language they both convey the great love they have for each other right up until he rides away. The scene of her standing in a room alone holding his coat and rubbing her hands over it is genius, nothing less. No explanation is ever given of why they did not marry or how she came to be married to his brother. Great directing, possibly even greater acting. This is John Wayne's masterpiece. The only thing that I found annoying was the heavy handed humor in a few places particularly the fight scene at the wedding and Patrick Wayne's youthful blundering near the end of the movie. Maybe Papa John just wanted him in the movie. But, maybe this humor acted to keep the drama from becoming too intense. Maybe it's a true picture of how people on the frontier actually behaved. John Ford certainly knew more about directing than I do and that's for sure. The other thing I noticed and I'm afflicted with noticing things like this. HOW ON EARTH WERE THESE PEOPLE EARNING A LIVING OUT THERE. There is no grass for cattle or horses. Nothing but dirt and a little scrub grass. Never saw a garden. Where did the wood come from to use on that rather large house and the furniture. I guess we aren't supposed to wonder about these things. If I hadn't seen it so many times I guess I wouldn't notice things like that. ADDED COMMENTS. I went against the suggestion of the person who said the 2 disc version was not very good, too dark in many places. I decided I wanted to see the extra features so ordered it. I've just looked at over half of it and do not find any problems at all with too much darkness. It seems to me to be beautifully restored and better visually than the l997 one disc version I already have. It is my opinion that the reviewer who got the too dark disc should return it for another copy. The Additional Features on the 2nd disc are wonderful and should not be missed. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Wayne, Merian C. Cooper, Natalie Wood, Patrick Ford, Vera Miles, Ward Bond Contributor Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Wayne, Merian C. Cooper, Natalie Wood, Patrick Ford, Vera Miles, Ward Bond See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 6,372 Reviews | | Format | Blu-ray | | Genre | Western | | Language | English | | Runtime | 0 minute | ## Product Details - **Format:** Blu-ray - **Genre:** Western - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 0 minute ## Images ![The Searchers (2024 Remastered) [Blu-ray] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51TFNm4EgxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Greatest Western of All Time-With a Timeless Theme *by B***Z on March 4, 2013* In the works of Indo-European literature there is a hero who stands outside his society, but fights viciously for it. This hero never gets the comfort of a regular life and instead follows his fate to the end. Siegfried, Achilles, Hercules, etc. fit this motif. In The Searchers, Ethan (John Wayne) plays this role. The story of The Searchers comes from a true story-a Comanche raid which killed a Texas family and snatch a little girl-Cynthia Ann Parker- who is held captive for many years. Parker's story is not unique in the early history of Texas, especially following the Civil War northern Texas was under severe threat from Indians. In 1956, when The Searchers was made, there were still a few old-timers around that remembered Comanche raids. Even (Senator in 1956) Lyndon Baines Johnson's family had suffered from Comanche Raids. Cynthia Ann Parker turned out to be successfully integrated into the Comanche Tribe, but she was an exception. Men and older women were killed outright or tortured to death at the time of capture, surviving girls were raped, tortured and disfigured after being returned to the Indian Camp. The girls would also be made to toil with no end. Thomas Goodrich, in his book Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879 called his chapter on captivity "A Fate Worse than Death." Texans during the Indian War days knew this and The Searchers excellently captures the fear and hatred of the times. Ethan enters the story as a heroic man alone in the first scene. He never surrendered with the Confederate Army and seems to live by robbery. He hates Indians with the hatred of a warrior who has fought them head-on before. He even rudely tests the racial loyalties of 1/8th Cherokee, Martin (Jeffrey Hunter) while at dinner with his family. The Comanche eventually lure the Rangers away from a settlement and kill Ethan's brother's family, leading the girls into captivity. This is a scene of acting excellence. The audience feels the fear of the family and the attack happens without showing the Indians, or indeed showing anything scary whatsoever, yet the suspense is heavy. Suffice to say the girls are captured and Ethan and Martin head on a quest to rescue Debbie, the lone survivor. During the quest, the nature of conflict is richly explored. The Red-White conflict is an un-reserved fight, much like the American-Japanese conflict of the Pacific War. The oldest captured white girl is raped and killed. The pursuing whites mutilate bodies of fallen Comanche, the US Cavalry crashes into Indian villages shooting with no mercy, Ethan's motivations seem more to kill Indianized Debbie as much as redeem her. The heroes also have conflicts-but muted conflicts-with other whites, Ethan's relationship with the Texas Rangers is one of barely avoiding arrest. Ethan kills a treacherous merchant, and Martin fights another man for the hand of a woman. Through this, the conflicting and impulsive internal motives of Ethan surface and clash, making a darkly layered character. The Searchers is the last of the Westerns where the Indians are unreservedly portrayed as savages. After 1960, Americans had no living recollection of the Indian Wars, and were instead softened by prosperity and beguiled by an elitist media ambivalent at best about the security of Americans like the whites portrayed in the movie. After The Searchers, movies started to portray Indians as noble heroes or righteous victims of oppression. Not until aircraft started to crash into buildings and Islamic Terrorists began posting beheadings on the internet did the older view of Indians start to get a revision. In the final scene Ethan's special aloneness returns. Debbie is carried into the doors of civilization by her loving neighbors and kinsmen while Ethan stands alone, outside, forever in the wilderness. His fate sealed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best Western Ever Made *by J***J on March 14, 2012* I want to say from the start that I am not a real fan of westerns and I am not a real fan of John Wayne. I found him to be a very nice looking, likeable guy but he always played "John Wayne". BUT, in this instance, and again in True Grit, playing John Wayne is the perfect thing to do. This is a movie I've never forgotten and when, rarely, it pops up on t.v. I always watch it. It just grabs you from the first gorgeous scene of the doorway. Reading the reviews was very informative as it kept me from ordering the 2 disc anniversary version and I'm usually a sucker for those. One of the reviews said that the 2 disc version was much too dark in several places. I ordered the l997 single disc version and it was beautiful. Not as digitally remastered as maybe some later versions are. If there is anyone out there that has not seen "The Searchers" because it's an old John Wayne western, then put a copy in your cart immediately. You wont be sorry. Come to think about it, maybe John Wayne was always a better actor than I thought. In small subtle ways he told me in this movie of his great love for the murdered woman which to me was the driving force behind his obsession to find the girl. I believe that he thought of her as the only remaining link with the woman he adored. I've looked at the first few scenes of this movie several times. The interaction between "Martha" and "Ethan" is beautiful to watch. Her slowly stepping back into the doorway while unable to take her eyes off his face is genius either on her part or the part of the director. With nothing but the looks on their faces and subtle body language they both convey the great love they have for each other right up until he rides away. The scene of her standing in a room alone holding his coat and rubbing her hands over it is genius, nothing less. No explanation is ever given of why they did not marry or how she came to be married to his brother. Great directing, possibly even greater acting. This is John Wayne's masterpiece. The only thing that I found annoying was the heavy handed humor in a few places particularly the fight scene at the wedding and Patrick Wayne's youthful blundering near the end of the movie. Maybe Papa John just wanted him in the movie. But, maybe this humor acted to keep the drama from becoming too intense. Maybe it's a true picture of how people on the frontier actually behaved. John Ford certainly knew more about directing than I do and that's for sure. The other thing I noticed and I'm afflicted with noticing things like this. HOW ON EARTH WERE THESE PEOPLE EARNING A LIVING OUT THERE. There is no grass for cattle or horses. Nothing but dirt and a little scrub grass. Never saw a garden. Where did the wood come from to use on that rather large house and the furniture. I guess we aren't supposed to wonder about these things. If I hadn't seen it so many times I guess I wouldn't notice things like that. ADDED COMMENTS. I went against the suggestion of the person who said the 2 disc version was not very good, too dark in many places. I decided I wanted to see the extra features so ordered it. I've just looked at over half of it and do not find any problems at all with too much darkness. It seems to me to be beautifully restored and better visually than the l997 one disc version I already have. It is my opinion that the reviewer who got the too dark disc should return it for another copy. The Additional Features on the 2nd disc are wonderful and should not be missed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Old time western! *by J***S on June 22, 2026* If you love John Wayne this western is a must! ## Frequently Bought Together - The Searchers - Rio Bravo (4K UHD + Digital) - Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/674709572-the-searchers-2024-remastered-blu-ray](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/674709572-the-searchers-2024-remastered-blu-ray) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-09-04*