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  1. Jun 20, 2024 · John Wayne delivers a career-defining performance as Rooster Cogburn, a hard-drinking lawman with a reputation for getting the job done in his own unorthodox manner. Cogburn is a complex character, embodying both the ruggedness and moral ambiguity often associated with frontier justice.

  2. 2 days ago · Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.

  3. 6 days ago · Wayne delivers his Oscar-winning performance in one of his most badass movies, True Grit, as rough and tough marshal Rooster Cogburn, who is hired by a 14-year-old girl, Mattie (Kim Darby),...

  4. 4 days ago · 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.

  5. 4 days ago · The story follows a determined 14-year-old girl, Mattie Ross, as she seeks justice for her father's murder by hiring the tough and alcoholic Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn to track down the killer, Tom Chaney.

  6. Jun 15, 2024 · During the 1960s and 1970s, Wayne starred in more Westerns, such as The Comancheros (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and True Grit (1969), in which his role as Rooster Cogburn earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He would reprise that role in the 1975 film Rooster Cogburn.

  7. Jun 22, 2024 · Directed by Henry Hathaway, who gave us Westerns like How the West Was Won, Nevada Smith and The Sons of Katie Elder, and starring Wayne (whose portrayal of Rooster Cogburn earned him an Academy ...