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True Grit is a 1969 American Western drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The cast includes John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, and Robert Duvall. Charles Portis served as the screenwriter and the work is based on his novel. Hal B. Wallis produced the film, which was distributed by Paramount Pictures and later Netflix. Lucien Ballard was the director of photography, Warren Low edited the film, and Elmer Bernstein composed the music.
The narrative is set in Arkansas, while filming took place in Ouray County, Colorado. The movie has a runtime of 128 minutes and was released on June 11, 1969. It received the Academy Award for Best Actor and was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films. The film has a TMDb vote average of 7.332 based on 853 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.4 from 54,032 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.3The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Cast
- John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
- Kim Darby as Mattie Ross
- Glen Campbell as "La Boeuf"
- Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy
- Robert Duvall as Ned Pepper
- Dennis Hopper as "Moon"
Themes
- bounty hunter
- man hunt
- period drama
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Henry Hathaway
- Screenplay by
- Marguerite Roberts
- Based on
- True Grit , (1968 novel), by Charles Portis
- Produced by
- Hal B. Wallis
- Starring
- John Wayne Glen Campbell Kim Darby Jeremy Slate Robert Duvall Strother Martin
- Cinematography
- Lucien Ballard
- Edited by
- Warren Low
- Music by
- Elmer Bernstein
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- June 12, 1969 ( 1969-06-12 ) ( Little Rock premiere) June 13, 1969 ( 1969-06-13 ) (Los Angeles)
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $31.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Hal B. Wallis. Starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, with Glen Campbell and Kim Darby, the film is adapted by Marguerite Roberts from Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name.
The story follows Marshal Cogburn and Texas Ranger La Boeuf (Campbell) as they are hired by a young girl, Mattie Ross (Darby), to apprehend the outlaw who killed her father. Historians believe Cogburn was based on Deputy U.S. Marshal Henry "Heck" Thomas, who brought in some of the toughest outlaws. The cast also features Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin.
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