her, but Martin shields her with his body and a Comanche wounds Ethan with an arrow as they escape. Although Martin tends to Ethan's wound, he is furious with him for attempting to kill Debbie, and wishes him dead. "That'll be the day," Ethan replies, as they return home. Meanwhile, Charlie McCorry has been courting Laurie in Martin's absence. Ethan and Martin arrive home just as Charlie and Laurie's wedding is about to begin. After a fistfight between Martin and Charlie, a nervous Yankee soldier, Lt. Greenhill, arrives with news that Ethan's half-crazy friend Mose Harper has located Scar. Clayton leads his men to the Comanche camp, this time for a direct attack, but Martin is allowed to sneak in ahead of the assault to find Debbie, who welcomes him. Martin kills Scar to save Debbie, and Ethan scalps him. Ethan then locates Debbie, and pursues her on horseback. Martin fears that he will shoot her as he has promised and chases them desperately, but instead, Ethan sweeps her up into his arms and says, "Let’s go home, Debbie." She is taken to the Jorgensen ranch, and Martin reunites with Laurie. While everyone else enters the house, Ethan departs the homestead as he arrived – alone, clutching his arm – and the cabin door slowly shuts on his receding silhouette. Cast John Wayne as Ethan Edwards Jeffrey Hunter as Martin Pawley Vera Miles as Laurie Jorgensen Ward Bond as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnson Clayton Natalie Wood as adult Debbie Edwards John Qualen as Lars Jorgensen Olive Carey as Mrs. Jorgensen Henry Brandon as Chief Cicatriz (Scar) Ken Curtis as Charlie McCorry Harry Carey Jr. as Brad Jorgensen Antonio Moreno as Emilio Gabriel Fernández y Figueroa Hank Worden as Mose Harper Beulah Archuletta as Wild Goose Flying in the Night Sky (Look) Walter Coy as Aaron Edwards Dorothy Jordan as Martha Edwards Pippa Scott as Lucy Edwards Patrick Wayne as Lt. Greenhill Lana Wood as young Debbie Edwards Robert Lyden as Ben Edwards Chuck Roberson as Texas Ranger at Wedding Jack Pennick as Sergeant at Fort Production The Searchers was the first production from "distinguished turfman" C. V. Whitney; it was directed by John Ford and distributed by Warner Bros. While the film was primarily set in the staked plains (Llano Estacado) of northwestern Texas, it was actually filmed in Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah. Additional scenes were filmed in Mexican Hat, Utah,