Rooster Cogburn was originally created by Charles Portis in his 1968 novel True Grit, which was first adapted into a film of the same name in 1969. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway, following a ...

washed-up lawman Rooster Cogburn. Cogburn’s begrudging father-daughter dynamic with Mattie Ross makes True Grit one of John Wayne’s most emotional movies, too, along with The Cowboys and The ...

John Wayne worked with some of the greatest actors of his generation, but according to the man himself, only three of them met him on his level.

Miss Goodnight teams up with ruthless Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn to go after them and bring them to justice.

When the battle of the sexes is waged in the hen house. the fate of the rooster is nothing to crow about. While most backyard chicken owners are excited to have hens, “roos” are seldom as welcome.

John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are movie legends, and although they acted ... But the Duke’s swagger made him a poor fit for Rooster Cogburn, the alcoholic U.S. Marshal from Charles Portis ...