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True Grit (1969)

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Reviews Counted:15

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Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: A pure western in which a lawmen tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis' novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S.... A pure western in which a lawmen tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis' novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who would rather stay home than chase criminals. He heeds the call, though, when fourteen year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) calls on him to avenge her father's death at the hands of a man who has escaped into Indian territory. Glen Campbell is a Texas ranger who accompanies them for his own reasons. Wayne reprised the role six years later in ROOSTER COGBURN. [More]

Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall

Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Jeremy Slate, Dennis Hopper, Alfred Ryder, Strother Martin

Director: Henry Hathaway

Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter: Marguerite Roberts
Composer: Elmer Bernstein

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Wayne's Oscar-winning film is one of his best and most personal, fusing the actor and the person, and marking a collaborative height of 3 vets: producer Hal Wallis, director Henry Hathaway, and the Duke; the shootout climax is particularly memorable.

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Chuck O'Leary
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Capably but too coyly directed by the aged Henry Hathaway.

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Vincent Canby
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This is what you find when you look up 'Western' in the cinematic genre dictionary.

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certainly one of Wayne's best performances, impressive in both his creation of a larger-than-life screen presence and the nuances he gave the role in all the right places

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