Favorite Wayne Movie Director

[Greg C.]

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John Ford
Stagecoach
Fort Apache
Three Godfathers
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
The Searchers
The Wings of Eagles
The Horse Soldiers
The Man who Show Liberty Valance
Donavon's Reef

Howard Hawks
Red River
Rio Bravo
Hatari
El Dorado
Rio Lobo

Henry Hathaway
Shepherd of the Hills
Legend of the Lost
North to Alaska
How the West Was Won
Circus World
Sons of Katie Elder
True Grit

Andrew McGlaglen
McLintock
Hellfighters
The Undefeated
Chisum
Cahill: United States Marshall

John Wayne
Blood Alley
The Alamo
Comancheros
The Green Berets
Big Jake

[neferetus]

I'd have to say John "Pappy" Ford. He practically invented the John Wayne character that we have come to know and love.

[Greg C.]

I went with Hawks because El Dorado is my favorite Wayne movie. I love Ford but Hawks had a very good way with the Duke.

[neferetus]

Since Hawks worked on RIO BRAVO just the year before, how do you think he would've handled THE ALAMO?

[Greg C.]

I think Wayne was the only person that could direct The Alamo. Wayne had invested so much and I think it should have been done exactly how he wanted it. From the script to the camera angle. The only way to achieve that is to direct/produce a film yourself.