True Grit (1969)


True Grit
Release Date11 June 1969
US Box Office$14,000,000
TaglineThe strangest trio ever to track a killer.
GenreAdventure, Western, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBishop, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassComedy Western
MoodOnly Human
ThemesSheriffs and Outlaws, Mischievous Children, Protecting the Innocent, Out For Revenge
TonesRousing, Nostalgic, Humorous, Easygoing
TagsAging, Cowboy, Death In Family, Girl, Gunfighter, Investigation, Kill, Marshal, Murder, One Against Odds, Outlaw [Western], Pursuit, Revenge, Reward

True Grit is a 1969 American western film directed by Henry Hathaway. It is the first adaption of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name. John Wayne stars as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn and won his only Academy Award for his performance in this film. Wayne reprised his role as Cogburn in the 1975 sequel Rooster Cogburn.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn

La Boeuf

Mattie Ross

Emmett Quincy

Ned Pepper

Mr. Goudy

Colonel G. Stonehill

Jeff Corey
Tom Chaney

Ron Soble
Capt. Boots Finch

Lawyer Daggett

Judge Parker

Sheriff

Barlow

Mrs. Floyd

Carlos Rivas
Dirty Bob

Isabel Boniface
Mrs. Bagby

H.W. Gim
Chen Lee

John Pickard
Frank Ross

Elizabeth Harrower
Mrs. Ross

Ken Renard
Yarnell Poindexter

Jay Ripley
Harold Parmalee

Kenneth Becker
Farrell Parmalee

General Sterling Price
Ginger Cat

Myron Healey
Deputy at prisoner unloading

Judge Parker's bailiff

Dennis McMullen
Bailiff

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Red

Robin Morse
Bit part

Stuart Randall
McAlester

Connie Sawyer
Talkative woman at hanging

Jay Silverheels
Condemned man at hanging

Dean Smith
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Vince St. Cyr
Gaspargoo

Guy Wilkerson
The hangman

R. Ryan

Director

Writer

Charles Portis

Marguerite Roberts

Producer

Paul Nathan
associate producer

producer

Joseph H. Hazen
executive producer

Original Music

Elmer Bernstein
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Cinematographer

Production Designer

Walter H. Tyler

Set Decorator

John Burton
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Ray Moyer
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Costume Designer

Dorothy Jeakins
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Makeup Department

Carol Meikle
hair stylist

Jack Wilson
makeup supervisor

Production Manager

Frank Beetson
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William W. Gray
assistant director

Art Department

Adam John Backauskas
property maker

Sound Department

Roy Meadows
sound recordist

Elden Ruberg
sound recordist

Stunts

Jim Burk
stunts

Polly Burson
stunts

Gary Combs
stunts

stunt double

Quentin Dickey
stunts

Louie Elias
stunts

Fred Gerber
stunts

Bob Harris
stunts

Chuck Hayward
stunts

Monty Jordan
stunt double

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
stunts

Dean Smith
stunts

Neil Summers
stunts

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Luster Bayless
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Warren Low
supervising editor

Other Crew

Gary Gillingham
production accountant

'Chema' Hernandez
head wrangler: Mexico

Production Company

Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

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American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

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Paramount Films de España

Paramount Films of Italy Inc.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain)

Miscellaneous

National Park Service, The
thanks

U.S. Forest Service
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