Over the course of his legendary, decades-long film career,Wayne starred in some truly great movies.
True Grit is a Western that explores themes of justice and moral ambiguity in the 1870s American frontier.
True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway and released in 1969, stars John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, a U.S. Marshal tasked with helping a determined young girl, played by Kim Darby, track down her father’s murderer. The film is based on Charles Portis' novel of the same name and features Glen Campbell in a supporting role. True Grit is a Western that explores themes of justice and moral ambiguity in the 1870s American frontier.
