John Ford's classic Western has been cited as one of the most influential American films ever made. John Wayne stars as a hardened Civil War veteran and loner consumed by the search for his slaughtered brother's daughter, who was abducted by Comanches.his special edition features an introduction by Patrick Wayne and a new 30-minute documentary about the making of the film by Nick Redman, cocreator of the Oscar-nominated The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage.