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True Grit

Film character

Rooster Cogburn

True Grit 1969

played by John Wayne

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The film

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

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The name

Also in True Grit

  1. True Grit
    Emmett Quincy True Grit 1969 played by Jeremy Slate
  2. True Grit
    Mattie Ross True Grit 1969 played by Kim Darby
  3. True Grit
    Ned Pepper True Grit 1969 played by Robert Duvall
  4. True Grit
    Tom Chaney True Grit 1969 played by Jeff Corey

Elsewhere on screen, Rooster

  1. True Grit
    Rooster Cogburn True Grit 2010 played by Jeff Bridges
  2. Dear John
    Rooster (Dan Rooney) Dear John 2010 played by Cullen Moss
  3. Rooster Cogburn
    Rooster Cogburn Rooster Cogburn 1975 played by John Wayne
  4. Annie Live!
    Rooster Hannigan Annie Live! 2021 played by Tituss Burgess