Martin Pawley

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Martin Pawley is the part-Cherokee adopted nephew of Ethan Edwards who serves as the moral center and driving force of the search in John Ford’s classic Western film "The Searchers."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
adoptiveUncle Ethan Edwards
appearsIn The Searchers
associatedWithTheme family loyalty
frontier justice
racial identity
revenge versus mercy
basedOnAuthor Alan Le May
basedOnWork The Searchers (novel)
linked to: novel The Searchers
centralQuest search for Debbie Edwards
countryOfFictionalOrigin United States
createdBy Frank S. Nugent
John Ford
directorOfWork John Ford
firstAppearance The Searchers (1956 film)
linked to: The Searchers
genreOfWork Western film
hasEthnicity part-Cherokee
hasFosterFamilyName Edwards family
hasRelative Ethan Edwards
medium cinema
moralContrastWith Ethan Edwards
narrativeRole driving force of the search
moral center of the story
portrayedBy Jeffrey Hunter
relationshipToEthanEdwards adopted nephew
screenWriterOfWork Frank S. Nugent
setIn American Old West
linked to: Old West

Texas
timePeriod post-American Civil War era

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The Searchers mainCharacter Martin Pawley
Scar conflictWith Martin Pawley