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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 21, 2000
MPAA Rating
G
Running Time
2 hours, 8 minutes
Country USA
Studio Paramount
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Other Titles
• True Grit
• Der Marshal (1969)
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Genre: Adventure, Western, Revenge, Courtroom, Law, Outlaws, Investigation, Murder
Tagline: The strangest trio ever to track a killer. A fearless, one-eyed U.S. marshal who never knew a dry day in his life... a Texas ranger thirsty for bounty money... and a girl still wet behind the ears who didn't care what they were or who they were as long as
Plot: A pure western in which a lawmen tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis' novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who would rather stay home than chase criminals. He heeds the call, though, when fourteen year-old Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) calls on him to avenge her father's death at the hands of a man who has escaped into Indian territory. Glen Campbell is a Texas ranger who accompanies them for his own reasons. Wayne reprised the role six years later in ROOSTER COGBURN. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Song ("True Grit"). Academy Awards: Best Actor--John Wayne.
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