Filmmaking is all about collaborations, so it’s no surprise that many actors and directors choose to work together on many projects. Although famous partnerships like Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro , Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart, Bong Joon-ho and Song Kang-ho , Spike Lee and Denzel Washington , and Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson are all well-established, John Wayne made a record-breaking fourteen films with director John Ford . It was shortly after recognizing Wayne’s talents that Ford took notice of the young star and cast him in the western Stagecoach ; they continued to work together until the release of the adventure comedy Donovan’s Reef in 1963.

Wayne and Ford are both highly respected figures in Hollywood who have had a lasting

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