Rooster Cogburn

1975

1h 48m

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6.4/10

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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.

Directors

Stuart Millar

Writers

Charles Portis(characters by)

Martha Hyer(writer by)

Stars

John Wayne

Katharine Hepburn

Anthony Zerbe

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John Wayne

Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn

Eula Goodnight

Breed

Hawk

Judge Parker

Luke

Red

Rev. Goodnight

Wolf

Leroy

Chen Lee

Baghy

Nose

Shanghai McCoy

Jerry (uncredited)

Fiona's Husband (uncredited)

Charles Weldon

Bailiff (uncredited)

Mickey Gilbert

Hambone (uncredited)

Directors

Stuart Millar

Writers

Charles Portis(characters by)

Martha Hyer(writer by)

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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.

Geronimo196709 Jun, 2024