True Grit gave John Wayne his one and only Academy Award and, in his opinion, his role in the movie ended a 20-year career rut. John Wayne was arguably the greatest Western star of all time ...

When John Wayne named his personal favorite top five out of the movies he’d starred in, he left out the classic that finally earned him an Academy Award: 1969’s True Grit. Over the course of ...

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 accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally ...

the odds are against them. But rabid vengeance keeps determined Mattie going. Is true grit enough to see justice served?