Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
- bounty hunter
- man hunt
- period drama
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
John Wayne
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Kim Darby
Mattie Ross
Glen Campbell
"La Boeuf"
Jeremy Slate
Emmett Quincy
- Robert Duvall — Ned Pepper
- Dennis Hopper — "Moon"
- Alfred Ryder — Goudy
- Strother Martin — Colonel G. Stonehill
- Jeff Corey — Tom Chaney
- Ron Soble — Captain Boots Finch
- James Westerfield — Judge Parker
- John Fiedler — Lawyer Daggett
- John Doucette — "Sheriff"
- Donald Woods — "Barlow"
- Edith Atwater — Mrs. Floyd
- Directed
- Henry Hathaway
- Written
- Marguerite Roberts
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 871 ratings
- Studio
- Wallis-Hazen Inc., Paramount Pictures, Taurus Film
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1969 · You’re hereTrue Grit
Where it starts.
Rooster Cogburn
1975
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
