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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Martin Pawley canonical 2

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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 ⓘ