True Grit (1969 film) Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Corey and Strother Martin. The title song, sung by Campbell, was also Oscar-nominated. "True Grit" was adapted again in 2010, starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Hailee Steinfeld. Frank Ross is murdered by his hired hand, Tom Chaney. Ross's young daughter, Mattie, travels to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she hires aging U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn to bring Chaney in, raising his fee by shrewdly horse trading with Colonel Stonehill. Mattie has heard that Cogburn has "true grit." She gives him a payment to track and capture Chaney, who has taken up with outlaw
Rooster Cogburn (film) marked the only time the Hollywood veterans appeared together in a film. Although it was promoted as "Rooster Cogburn the opening credits of the film give the title as simply "Rooster Cogburn". During filming, both 67-year-old stars stayed Governor Tom McCall flew in for a brief visit with them in Noted character actor Strother Martin portrayed Shanghai McCoy; he also appeared in "True Grit", but as the horse trader Colonel G. Stonehill. It was the final film from producer Wallis, and the cinematography was by Harry Stradling Jr. In his review in "The New York Times", Vincent Canby called the