True Grit

Pros: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Strother Martin, Robert Duvall, Script, Photography
Cons: None

American Movie Classics has been running a film preservation series this weekend and is showing back-to-back wide screen versions of the best of the immortal John “Duke” Wayne. In addition to The Searchers, which many think is the best ...

Pros: Kim Darby, John Wayne, scenery
Cons: lack of DVD extras, Glen Campbell

Though much depends on the spunk of Mattie Ross (Kim Darby-- standing up to John Wayne and to a horse trader played by Strother Martin, never betraying her values or her determination to hunt down her father's killer --, John Wayne is really very good as ...

Pros: Wayne as a crusty old lawman still with the fire.
Cons: Darby and Campbell.

In 1979, when Western actor John Wayne was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, director Robert Aldrich said of him, "It is important for you to know that I am a registered Democrat and, to my knowledge, share none of the political views espoused by ...

Pros: Good Cast, Beautiful Scenery, Good Plot
Cons: hmmmmmm

I remember going to the theatre when this movie first came out. I thought then, it was just another western. As I have grown up it has become in my mind the Western.

To put John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby together to find the man who...

Pros: John Wayne in his oscar winning role. A Henry Hathaway directed film
Cons: The acting left something to be desired.

Henry Hathaway's film True Grit remains one of the best-known lawman films ever made. This feature film employs the incomparable John Wayne as the one-eyed U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn. True Grit shows the completion of a cycle in the John Wayne...

Pros: great dialogue, beautiful scenery, light comedy that hits the mark
Cons: none

‘True Grit’-----my all-time favorite Duke film, and for many reasons.

A western, for sure, but with lots of comedic turns and twists; a side of John Wayne not often seen by his legions of fans. Duke portrays Rooster Cogburn, US Marshall,...

Pros: awesome content
Cons: none

I first saw this movie as a kid, like between 8 and 12, and the only thing that was scary was the whole rattlesnake bit. But other than that, I love this movie.
This movie has been an inspiration to me. My father always used the expression,...

Pros: Great family night movie, funny, sad, heart-warming
Cons: You just can't fault anyone with "True Grit".

Another rip-roarin' western with John Wayne. Although this time John is not what we expect. This time Wayne acquires a patch over one eye, a big belly, and has taken to drinking. Could this be our clean-cut, well-mannered Wayne? Yes indeedee! This...

Pros: funny, heart-warming, good scenery, great acting
Cons: Kim Darby and Glen Campbell

The Duke gripped his wife Pilar's hand until he heard the announcement that he had won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit." This was the icing on the cake for an actor who had been in many great films...

Pros: Excellent, broad performance by John Wayne. Solid performance by Kim Darby Great story.
Cons: Robert Duvall does not mix well with his fellow cast members.

Film opens up some years after the American Civil War. Farmer Frank Ross,while buying ponies in Fort Smith, is murdered in cold blood by his hired hand Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey in a fine performance). Frank's daughter Mattie comes to Fort Smith to claim...

Pros: Lots of Grit
Cons: Sad Ending

"Touch that pillow and you'll be a-sleepin' forever!" The Duke! in one of his funniest, most inspiring and touching roles. (Too bad "Hondo" wasn't a selection, cuz that's another goody, though not nearly so well-known.) This is a...