The Searchers
- -As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.