True Grit
Directed by
Starring (View all)
Written by
Lists
133 votes
6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World...
(6013 items)list by ToonHead2102
Published 12 years, 11 months ago
14 comments
91 votes
My Favourite MANLY Movies!
(40 items)list by PvtCaboose91
Published 14 years, 9 months ago
28 comments
View all True Grit lists
True Grit Videos
View all True Grit videos
Cover art, photos and screenshots
View all True Grit pictures (104 more)
Reviews
True John Wayne classic!
15 years, 6 months ago at Oct 14 3:13
2 votes
"Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!"Is there another American actor more iconic and legendary than John Wayne?
True Grit is one of the most quintessential Westerns in filmic history. It features memorable quotes, beautiful open vistas, classic shootouts and of course one of the greatest stars of all time. Whenever The Duke's commanding figure wandered into the fram... read more
Truly Great!
13 years, 3 months ago at Jan 1 23:05
2 votes
Ok, first of all, I am going to confess that I needed to see this soon because the Coen remake is coming out very soon and I just needed to see the original version first and, quite frankly, I am really glad that I did because I am not entirely sure that I can see the Coen version beating this one (as awesome as they are). I am not really a big fan of western films because I always feel that they ... read more
True Grit
12 years, 4 months ago at Dec 18 7:25
2 votes
After Frank Ross (John Pickard) is murdered in October 1880 by his hired hand, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Ross' 14-year-old daughter Mattie (Kim Darby) travels to Fort Smith and hires the aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn (John Wayne). Mattie has heard that, despite his vices and missing eye, Cogburn has "true grit". She gives Rooster a down payment to track dow... read more
Description:
Oscar winning performance by John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, the one-eyed, eye-patched Deputy Marshal who helps a stubborn, yet resourceful, teenage girl find the murderer of her father.
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. G
... (more)
Release date: 21 June 1969
UPC: 097360683349
UPC: 097360683349
Tags:
My tags:
Add tags
Update feed
SA-512 posted a image 1 month ago
SA-512 voted for 3 images 1 month, 1 week ago
SA-512 posted a image 1 month, 1 week ago
Georgini voted for 3 images 6 months, 3 weeks ago
JxSxPx added this to a list 9 months ago
52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films (52 movies items)
Texal added this to a list 10 months ago
SA-512 posted a image 1 year ago
rickterenzi voted for 3 images 1 year, 2 months ago
Kandi voted for an image 1 year, 3 months ago
milica added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
My Movie Year 2023 (528 movies items)
milica posted 3 images 1 year, 3 months ago
milica added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
My Favorite Movies of the 60s (172 movies items)
Fabocco added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
Western Film Collection (64 movies items)
Georgini voted for an image 1 year, 7 months ago
SA-512 posted a image 1 year, 11 months ago
SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 2 months ago
SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 3 months ago
moviebuff added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago
101 Western Movies You Must See Before You Die (101 movies items)
PulpRoman voted for 4 images 2 years, 6 months ago
PulpRoman added this to a list 2 years, 6 months ago
Film Diary 2021 (210 movies items)
"25.10 That man John Wayne and a sassy angel in Kim Darby. I really liked the way the dialogue was spoken in this one. "
Walter-Blake added this to a list 2 years, 10 months ago
Mis Pelรญculas Favoritas (735 movies items)
Walter-Blake added this to a list 2 years, 10 months ago
Westerns (52 movies items)
movieman added this to a list 2 years, 11 months ago
Movies From the Beginning Through the 60s Ranked (116 movies items)
Georgini voted for an image 3 years ago
Kandi voted for an image 3 years ago
SA-512 posted a image 3 years ago
samira voted for an image 3 years ago
Humanwave added this to a list 3 years, 1 month ago
Watchlist 2021 (150 movies items)
sh56 voted for an image 3 years, 2 months ago
Nerdy Werewolf added this to a list 3 years, 5 months ago
Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago
Favorite Movies of All Time (2015 Edition) (1001 movies items)
"2014: 846 2013: 815 2012: 784 2011: 753 2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "
jordanwiles94 added this to a list 3 years, 7 months ago
Original vs. Remake Movies/TV Shows (315 movies items)
Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago
Favorite Movies of All Time (2014 Edition) (1000 movies items)
"2013: 815 2012: 784 2011: 753 2010: 727 2009: 688 2008: 656 2007: 624 2006: 576 "
jim222001 added this to a list 3 years, 10 months ago
Movies to See Before You Die (267 movies items)
People who liked this also liked
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 7.2
Rating: 6.8
Rating: 7.1
Rating: 7
Rating: 7.7
Rating: 7.9
Rating: 7.3
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 7.5
Rating: 7.5
Rating: 7.3
Rating: 7.5
Rating: 7.2
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 6.8
Rating: 7.6
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 7.2
Rating: 8.1