Searching within The Searchers

April 23, 2015 1:52 PM

In The Searchers, was there a scene where Ethan (John Wayne) finds some freed white women who have been rescued from the Comanche? If so do you know why this scene is not in the DVD (or at least not in all DVDs) of the film? BONUS POINTS for pointing out the time of the scene on youtube. NOTE: I am NOT asking about the rescue of Debbie, but rather of an episode in the middle of Ethan and Marty's search for Debbie. I am also not asking about Scar's wives in the scene with Debbie, nor about Laurie.
posted by flourpot to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Best answer: Do you mean the scene in the fort when Ethan and Martin see the women crying :
Sergeant: It's hard to believe they're white.
Ethan: They ain't white any more. They're Comanche. Where are your casualties?
John Ford didn't shoot scenes to have them cut in edit. The scene is on my DVD.
Could you have a version from a TV broadcast, cut for time?
posted by Ideefixe at 2:36 PM on April 23, 2015

Best answer: On my copy the scene starts at 01:14:00.
posted by H21 at 2:38 PM on April 23, 2015