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U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced
… More »U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
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Add a QuoteNed Pepper: "What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?" Rooster Cogburn: "I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which'll it be?" Ned Pepper: "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man." Rooster Cogburn: "Fill your hands, you son of a bitch!"
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Add a CommentAnother excellent Western from Henry Hathaway (The Sons Of Katie Elder). I find it hard to believe this was John Wayne's only Best Actor Oscar (e.g. The Searchers). Co-starring 'The Rhinestone(less) Cowboy' (Glen Campbell), Kim Darby and her boy's haircut, (who I found annoying when I first saw this many moons ago, but she's grown on me over the years -- she's got spunk and goes toe-to-toe w/Wayne... everybody actually), Robert Duvall, Strother Martin, and Dennis Hopper (who routinely got the crap kicked out of him in so many Westerns... exceptionally brutally this time). I was pleasantly surprised with the Coen bros. remake, too. I couldn't pick a better actor to carry on Rooster Cogburn than Jeff Bridges. There will always only be one Duke, though. Good stuff. FIVE STARS.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Coen Brothers/Jeff Bridges version but the Duke's version is still the best, with Robert Duvall demonstrating the potential to be the great actor he became.
Both versions of this classic movie appear valid. The book must be pretty good to have inspired two feature films over the years. In both films its a question of who you prefer as more larger than life character. Wayne and Bridges both do a great job in somewhat different ways. The newer version of the film expands more on what happens to the girl at the end. The older one concentrates more on how her dad was wrongly murdered in the beginning of the story.
One of John Wayne's best movie.
absoulute classic; only ocsar John Wayne won. New one's just as good without John Wayne
I haven't seen the Cohen Bros. one yet, but I can't imagine that it improves on the original. Great dialogue and story, a strong female character. And beautiful scenery.
Better than the 2010 version ... recommend Cat Ballou if you like this kind of old west movies about young girl hiring infamous gunman to avenge own father's killer.
I read the book AND saw the Jeff Bridges movie before seeing the John Wayne version, so I got a little bored & fell asleep during this DVD as I already knew the story. I was impressed with the girl actress in this film, as I think she probably matched the character of Mattie Ross pretty well--except that, I bet that women from the 1800's all had long hair.
General Sterling Price, as the Ginger Cat, was one of the best film cats ever. His performance enhansed Wayne's character as Rooster Cogburn.
1969 Western John Wayne Kim Darby Glen Campbell US Marshall Cogburn (with an eye patch) was hired by a young girl to catch the man who killed her father and fled with the family savings. An inexperienced Texas Ranger joins and the situation becomes tenuous. Good Western.