I'm a big John Wayne fan, but to me, this is not his best film. I lean more to such performances as The Quiet Man, The Shootist and True Grit. He just overplays his role as do most of the other cast members. The women who play rescued hostages displayed some of the worst acting I have ever seen. Wide eyed and giggling hysterically, or moaning and groaning; horrible. Almost everyone is over the top stereotypical. Ford had a habit of exaggerating various ethnic groups playing into the most typical stereotypes that an uniformed person would believe. The dialogue is at various times racist and women are portrayed as ridiculous idiots. Violence is seen as the only answer to any situation in this film and the overall humor is grade school at best. Entertaining yes. More fair then great.
Review of The Searchers
