Originally Posted by Tracks
I have to disagree on "The Searchers".
I never felt that Wayne fit the character in the book. Ben Johnson would have been better.
How many here ever read the book?
I read the book. Alan LeMay who wrote it, also wrote The Unforgiven, an excellent, similar story of the same timeframe.

The Searchers movie wasn't the same story as the book, just based on it. True Grit I or III was much closer to the respective book than The Searchers was. John Wayne was perfect for the movie and I think The Searchers was his favorite movie. He even named one of his sons after the movie's main character.