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True Grit (1969)

Directed by Henry Hathaway

Western | Adventure | Drama

Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, SIxBORG

Overview

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.

Rated G | Length 128 minutes

Actors

John Wayne | Kim Darby | Glen Campbell | Jeremy Slate | Robert Duvall | Dennis Hopper | Alfred Ryder | Strother Martin | Jeff Corey | Ron Soble | James Westerfield | John Fiedler | John Doucette | Donald Woods | Edith Atwater | Carlos Rivas | Isabel Boniface | H.W. Gim | John Pickard | Elizabeth Harrower | Ken Renard | Jay Ripley | Kenneth Becker | Wilford Brimley | Chuck Hayward | Leon Alton | Forrest Burns | Albert Cavens | Gene Coogan | Myron Healey | James McEachin | Dennis McMullen | Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Robin Morse | Edna O'Dell | John Pedrini | General Sterling Price | Stuart Randall | Clark Ross | Connie Sawyer | Jeffrey Sayre | Jay Silverheels | Dean Smith | Vincent St. Cyr | Max Wagner | Guy Wilkerson | Chalky Williams | Hank Worden

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

As I was packing I decided to give the original True Grit (1969) another go. A lot of people have been saying that the original is not a good film or that the updated Coen Brothers’ version is so much better. I recall enjoying that flick so I felt a rematch was needed. Suffice it to say, I still love the original. Since both films use the same source material, the novel by Charles Portis, much of the dialogue is nearly identical. Can’t say I love one film over the other because I really love John Wayne’s performance. And I don’t mind Glen Campbell. Plus there’s Bobby Duvall and Dennis Hopper.

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