Rooster Cogburn

Watch: Rooster Cogburn

11/1/19751h 48m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him! ~

Overview:

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

Director:

Stuart Millar

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$17,594,566.00

Key words:

gunslinger
arkansas
nitroglycerin
sequel
u.s. marshal
gun battle
eye patch
one eyed man
parent killed
gatling gun
spinster
trading post
river barge
whitewater river rafting
gang of outlaws
rapids
1880s

Cast

John Wayne

~ as ~

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Katharine Hepburn

~ as ~

Eula Goodnight

Anthony Zerbe

~ as ~

Breed

Richard Jordan

~ as ~

Hawk

John McIntire

~ as ~

Judge Parker

Paul Koslo

~ as ~

Luke

Jack Colvin

~ as ~

Red

Jon Lormer

~ as ~

Rev. Goodnight

Richard Romancito

~ as ~

Wolf

Lane Smith

~ as ~

Leroy

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
Stuart Millar must have had a great time directing this with Wayne reprising his "True Grit" character on the trail of some reprobates that robbed an army convoy of a wagon load of nitro. On their way to rob a bank, they stop at a mission run by the "Rev. Goodnight" and his daughter "Eula" (Hepburn). Things all turn a bit nasty and her father is killed in a drunken brawl. Shortly afterwards, she is discovered at his grave by "Cogburn" with whom she - and a young Indian boy named "Wolf" (Richard Romancito) team up and set off on the trail of their murderous felons. The two wind each other up wonderfully at the start (and Hepburn always seems to manage to find a rock to stand on so she can be taller than her co-star). Gradually they learn to work together and become quite a formidable partnership as they pursue the ruthless "Hawk" (Richard Jordan). There is plenty of adventure, humour and charisma in this yarn - nothing too taxing, but a film that really does bear watching and who doesn't like a Gattling gun. Keep an eye out for the one scene with Strother Martin, too.