Darby hires the drunken, one-eyed, overweight marshal Rooster Cogburn, played by Wayne, to find and kill the man who murdered her father and stole all the family's money. She accompanies him on his journey to find the killer, as does Campbell, a Texas Ranger who wants a reward.
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U.S. marshal, Rooster Cogburn is hired by a young girl to kill the man who murdered her father and stole the family nest egg. She insists on accompanying Cogburn on his quest.
Ray Midge tracks down his wife Norma, who has run off with her first husband, by following credit card receipts. The trail leads from Arkansas, to Mexico, and into Honduras.
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texa...
One-eyed Marshal Cogburn helps a Bible-toting spinster find the men who killed her preacher father.
In the 1870s, young Mattie Ross learns that her beloved father was gunned down by his former handyman. But even though this gutsy 14-year-old is seeking vengeance, she is smart enough to figure out she can't go alone after a desperado who's holed up in Indian territory. With some...
Hellfighters: A demolition specialist battles a perilous oil-well fire and hopes to reunite with his daughter and the wife who left him 20 years ago.
True grit (2010): A stubborn teenager enlists the help of a tough U.S. Marshal to track down her father's murderer.
U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory.
Fourteen-year-old Mattie sets out to seek revenge for her father when she hears that he has been shot to death by a ruthless criminal. With a little persuasion she receives the help of one-eyed 'Rooster' Cogburn, the toughest United States marshal around.
Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and e...
A rough-edged deputy marshall teams up with a strait-laced missionary to track down a band of murdering bank robbers. During the pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty reverend's daughter.
True grit: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompany...