True Grit
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as La Boeuf and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Marguerite Roberts. Wayne won his only Oscar for his performance in the film and reprised his role for the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn.
Plot
In 1880, Frank Ross, of Yell County, Arkansas, is murdered and robbed by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Ross's young daughter, Mattie, travels to Fort Smith, where she hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn to apprehend Chaney. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit". Mattie earns the money to pay his fee by shrewdly horse trading. She gives Cogburn a payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with outlaw "Lucky" Ned Pepper in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma).
Awards
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| author | Charles Portis Marguerite Roberts |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Arkansas |
| director | Henry Hathaway |
| editor | Warren Low |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | attorney broken arm buckboard bury colt dragoon dead bodies eye patch flee force gun indian territory injured j. j. mcalester jump kill lawyer mcalester\'s store morning murder oklahoma rattlesnake recoil reuben rooster j. cogburn rooster cogburn sharps rifle shoot steal texas ranger texas ranger division their way trade wait wound young daughter |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Colorado |
| theme | chase |