John Wayne collaborated with John Ford multiple times, but Wayne's own son later stated that Ford was a " sadistic " person. John Wayne and John Ford made 14 movies together , and many of them were in the Western genre. One of these movies was Fort Apache, the first part of the Cavalry Trilogy .

Fort Apache was a John Wayne movie with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score , but it wasn't an easy movie to make. Ford shot it in Monument Valley, and reports indicate that Ford wanted his cast on edge. This even affected Wayne himself, who had brought his son Michael to watch the shoot, something Ford was unhappy about.

John Ford Was 'Sadistic' To His Actors

John Wayne on a horse in Fort Apache

According to the book, John Ford: Hollywood's Old Master by Ronald L. Davis , Ford was unk

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