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Box office. $17.6 million [1] 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 ...
- $10 million
- Laurence Rosenthal
- November 7, 1975
- Hal B. Wallis
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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- Stuart Millar
- PG
- Adventure, Drama, Western
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 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. He was married first to an Illinois woman who left him to return to her first husband after bearing Cogburn a single, extremely clumsy son, Horace, (of whom ...
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.
Mar 24, 2003 · For anyone with even a passing interest in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Rooster Cogburn (1975) is required viewing. The admittedly formulaic Western brought together the iconic screen figures John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn--for the first and only time, and in the twilight of their careers - and demonstrated each one's considerable personal charisma to be wholly complementary.
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Rent Rooster Cogburn on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Sequel to the Oscar-winning "True Grit" finds the trigger-happy Rooster trying to win back his ...
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- Western
- PG
