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
Universal Pictures producer at Paramount, moved over to Universal, where he produced several films, among them a lavish version of Maxwell Anderson's "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), and the equally lavish "Mary, Queen of Scots" (1971). Although neither could claim to be a big financial hit, both films received Academy Award nominations, and "Anne" was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Richard Burton), Best Actress (Geneviève Bujold), and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Quayle). Wallis retired from Universal after making the film "Rooster Cogburn" (1975), a sequel to "True Grit" (1969), which Wallis had produced at Paramount. "Rooster Cogburn" co-starred John Wayne,