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Rooster Cogburn, also known as Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady), is a 1975 American Western film directed by Stuart Millar, and starring John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. Written by Martha Hyer (who is credited as Martin Julien). Based on the titular character from Charles Portis ' 1968 Western novel True Grit, the film is a sequel to True ...
A classic Western adventure starring John Wayne as a ruthless marshal and Katharine Hepburn as a tough girl who hires him to find her father's killers. See the trailer, cast, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes and more on IMDb.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Stuart Millar
- 1975-11
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1975 western film Rooster Cogburn, based on the novel True Grit. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and more on IMDb.
Reuben J. " Rooster " Cogburn is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1968 Charles Portis novel True Grit . Biography. Reuben Cogburn was born on July 15, 1825. Cogburn was a veteran of the American Civil War who served under Confederate guerrilla leader William Quantrill, where Cogburn lost his eye.
Roger Ebert criticizes the 1975 film Rooster Cogburn as a ripoff of John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn's previous roles in The African Queen and True Grit. He complains that the movie is contrived, unoriginal and uninteresting, and that the actors are wasted.
Sequel to the Oscar-winning "True Grit" finds the trigger-happy Rooster trying to win back his law badge by hunting a gang of bandits and a stolen shipment of explosives.
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- Western
- PG
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Two of the most popular stars in movie history are brought together for the first time in Rooster Cogburn, the adventure-filled follow-up to True Grit. The legendary John Wayne reprises his...
