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True Grit is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, Glen Campbell as La Boeuf and Kim Darby as Mattie Ross. It is the first film adaptation of Charles Portis ' 1968 novel of the same name .
The True Grit film series consists of American western dramas, including theatrical and made-for-television installments. The plot follows the adventures of Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn in the Old American West , and detail his role in bringing justice to outlaws and bandits who wrongfully terrorize small towns and villages.
The character was also featured in a 1978 made-for-television sequel entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure starring Warren Oates as Cogburn. The Coen brothers released a new film version of the novel in 2010. [2] In the 1969 and 1975 theatrical releases, Cogburn was portrayed by John Wayne.
"True Grit" is a song written by Don Black and Elmer Bernstein, and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in July 1969 as the first single from his album True Grit. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]
True Grit is the soundtrack album by Glen Campbell and Elmer Bernstein for the film True Grit starring John Wayne.Campbell performs on only two of the album's tracks, the first and last while the remaining eight tracks are taken from music composed by Bernstein for the film.
True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis that was first published as a 1968 serial within The Saturday Evening Post. [1] The novel is told from the perspective of an elderly spinster named Mattie Ross, who recounts the time a half century earlier when she was 14 and sought retribution for the murder of her father by a scoundrel, Tom Chaney.
Harold B. Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer.He is best known for producing Casablanca (1942), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and True Grit (1969), along with many other major films for Warner Bros. featuring such film stars as Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Bette Davis, and Errol Flynn.
True Grit (1969 soundtrack), by Glen Campbell and Elmer Bernstein "True Grit" (song), the album's title track; True Grit (2010 soundtrack), by Carter Burwell; True Grit (Bret Michaels album), 2015 "True Grit", a song by the Crystal Method from Legion of Boom, 2004
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