Rooster Cogburn
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Rooster Cogburn

The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him!

6.5 / 10 1975 1h 48mPG English
AdventureDramaWestern

Storyline

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

John Wayne

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Lead
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Eula Goodnight

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

Breed

Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan

Hawk

John McIntire

John McIntire

Judge Parker

Paul Koslo

Paul Koslo

Luke

Jack Colvin

Jack Colvin

Red

Jon Lormer

Jon Lormer

Rev. Goodnight

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stuart Millar's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Rooster Cogburn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker