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True Grit (1969)

M  -  Adventure | Western | Drama  -  11 June 1969 (USA)
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A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer in Indian territory.

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The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross, (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he has "grit", and a reputation of getting the job done. The two are joined by a Texas Ranger, La Boeuf, (Glen Campbell), who is looking for the same man (Jeff Corey) for a separate murder in Texas. Their odyssey takes them from Fort Smith, Arkansas, deep into the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) to find their man. Written by [edited]&view=simple&sort=alpha">John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> [edited]

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$14,250,000 (USA)
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Mia Farrow, among other well-known actresses, was approached to play Mattie, but she turned it down. Robert Mitchum, whom she had just done a film with, had told her that Henry Hathaway was cantankerous and impossible to work with. She lobbied to get Hathaway replaced by Roman Polanski, who had recently worked with successfully in "Rosemary's Baby" to no avail. She later said it was one of the biggest professional mistakes of her career. See more »

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Frank Ross: Little Frank... You take care of your mama.
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19 May 2006 | by (The U.P.) – See all my reviews

I have grown up watching this movie, and must have seen it 50 times. This is my mother's favorite movie and most members of my family can recite this movie line for line. The quotes from this movie go into every day conversation among my aunts and uncles almost every time I see them. "I've got some more horse trading to do" or "Baby Sister" or "we ain't got no lemonade neither" have been heard a few times Every time I watch this it gets better, I have seen most of John Wayne's movies and this is by far the best. I've never read the book, I usually find books better than the actual movies, I wouldn't want to find out that the movie and book don't follow each other. Please, no one ever remake this movie, I can't imagine a better version!


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