Rooster Cogburn

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

1975 1h 48m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 235

AdventureDramaWestern

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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.

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

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Cast

John Wayne
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Katharine Hepburn
Eula Goodnight
Anthony Zerbe
Breed
Richard Jordan
Hawk
John McIntire
Judge Parker
Paul Koslo
Luke
Jack Colvin
Red
Jon Lormer
Rev. Goodnight

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stuart Millar
Writers: Martha Hyer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Rooster Cogburn Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stuart Millar, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Laurence Rosenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Swink shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Zerbe carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Stuart Millar directs. Harry Stradling Jr. behind the camera. Laurence Rosenthal scores. Robert Swink cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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151 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Rooster Cogburn Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Stuart Millar, shot by Harry Stradling Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Laurence Rosenthal. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robert Swink shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Zerbe carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him!".
8IMDB entry: tt0073636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 17 themes, including "gunslinger", "arkansas", "nitroglycerin", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Stradling Jr.
Original score: Laurence Rosenthal
Editing: Robert Swink
Costume design: Luster Bayless
Makeup / hair: Lon Bentley
Sound: Leonard S. Petterson
Stunt coordinator: Jerry Gatlin
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,000,000
Box office: $17,594,566
Return: 176% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Rooster Cogburn (1975)

Part of

Rooster Cogburn Collection

The two westerns starring John Wayne as US Marshal 'Rooster' Cogburn

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Stuart Millar

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CinemaSerf2024-06-09
★ 7/10
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.

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