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 ...

John Wayne turned down the lead role in the famous war movie The Dirty Dozen, and it may have been better for it, if not so for Wayne's career.

Being the outspoken sort, John Wayne couldn't help but comment on what he considered perhaps the worst Western he'd ever ...

My hen was a rooster. A name change was in order, so I opted for Rooster Cogburn, the John Wayne character in the movie True Grit. With Mrs. Teasel laid to rest, I was now confronted with the ...

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 ...

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

Chisum was John Wayne's first movie of the 1970s, the Western legend's final decade. Having had a cancerous lung removed a few years earlier, Duke had to rely on an oxygen mask and hide his ...

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