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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).
A western adventure drama starring John Wayne as a ruthless marshal and Katharine Hepburn as a tough girl who hires him to avenge her father's murder. The film is a remake of The African Queen and features stunning landscapes, a lively score and a classic duo.
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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.
Fourteen-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross hires Cogburn, a boozy, trigger-happy lawman, to go after outlaw Tom Chaney who has murdered her father. The bickering duo are accompanied on their quest by a Texas Ranger named LaBoeuf who has been tracking Chaney for killing a Texas state senator.
Rooster Cogburn (1975) 108 minutes. John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn, it needs no saying, are two of the strongest presences in the history of movies. Just to see them on the screen is to remember dozens of roles, many of them great, that shaped them almost into elemental forces.
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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...
