In which John Ford film does the final scene take place framed by a doorway?

The final scene of John Ford’s The Searchers takes place framed by a doorway. The film ends as Ethan Edwards watches his family reunite with Debbie, then turns away and walks into the open landscape while the door closes behind him.

Released in 1956, The Searchers stars John Wayne as Ethan, a Civil War veteran who spends years searching for his kidnapped niece across the Texas frontier. The doorway composition makes the ending unusually powerful: the family moves into a sheltered domestic world, while Ethan remains outside, unable—or unwilling—to join them.

The image is often discussed as a visual summary of Ethan’s isolation and the film’s tension between wilderness and settled society. It also distinguishes The Searchers from Ford’s more conventional Western endings. My Darling Clementine, The Grapes of Wrath, and Stagecoach contain memorable final images, but none is identified with the same iconic closing doorway shot. The scene has influenced later filmmakers and is frequently cited among the defining endings in American cinema.