American Masters

Season 20, Episode 1

Episode Title: John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

Air Date: 2006-05-10

Overview:

John Ford and John Wayne — a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others’ lives, changed the movies, and in the process, changed the way America saw itself. It was a relationship that reflected all the elements and all the paradoxes of 20th century America — generosity of spirit, abuse of power, a sense of loyalty, and a restless nationalism that didn’t quite know what to do with itself.