[...] no modern partnership has influenced us as much as the relationship on film (and behind the camera) between John Wayne and his director par excellence, John Ford. Male bonding is tough going but steadfast; the film frame is a place for families and renegades to share some space; in the end, the lone cowboy must light out for the territory. The Filmmaker and the Legend, shows us, the actor and director made history together, and we still live in it.

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