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Rooster Cogburn

Play trailer Poster for Rooster Cogburn PG Released Oct 17, 1975 1h 47m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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Sequel to the Oscar-winning "True Grit" finds the trigger-happy Rooster trying to win back his law badge by hunting a gang of bandits and a stolen shipment of explosives. His job is not made any easier by the daughter of one of the gang's victims, who insists on coming along for the ride.
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Pauline Kael The New Yorker the director, Stuart Millar, can't seem to find a discreet enough distance for the camera. Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The whole movie seems so contrived, so obviously a vehicle for its stars and for their former, happier roles, that finally we just get depressed. Talent shouldn't be thrown around like this. Rated: 1/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor Universal Pictures has taken two of the great old American stars, turned them loose in the Wild West, and come up a genuine old-fashioned horse opera. Aug 7, 2021 Full Review Ruth Batchelor Los Angeles Free Press Wayne gives it what he can, and so does Hepburn, but there's just too much going against them. Nov 22, 2019 Full Review Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com For those on the hunt for something agreeable, feature two acting legends, there are worse ways to spend 108 minutes. After all it's not every day one gets to see Katharine Hepburn man a Gatling gun. Rated: B- Apr 20, 2014 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy A sort of controlled experiment in what happens when two completely incompatible movie stars occupy the same physical space. Rated: 6/10 Sep 14, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blu B A Wayne & Hepburn Classic. Pretty solidly made all around. It's got some really good cinematography in it just like the first one did and Wayne nails the character just like before too and is good overall. Great score too it's just it kind of isn't used that much the longer it goes. It also jumps around a bit between the villians and our main trio throughout. In the middle it can get a bit slow and with them just kinda relaxing along the way trading war stories but they got good chemistry and it works alright. Biggest issues is it's pretty simliar to the first in terms of 3 people going on an adventure to stop bad guys and the woman is avenging her loved ones. The indian kid is super forgettable too. The villian isn't bad but not as good as the first ones. It doesn't really do anything better than the first but it's still a well made flick. Nothing you haven't seen before but that's not a bad thing either. We do get some more background on Rooster but overall he's still the same old from before. No real serious attempts are made at character development. It's still a fun time for fans of any actors in this, the director, or Golden Era style westerns despite this coming from the 70's. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/23/25 Full Review steve a I do not agree with film critics, this is a very good film wayne and Hepburn are wonderful together shame it's there on film together. Richard Jordan another wonderful actor was great as the bad guy,sometimes just enjoy they definitely don't make great westerns much anymore. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/01/24 Full Review Brian B A great western film. One of the best. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/16/23 Full Review Daniel P Driven by the chemistry and sheer magnitude of their presence, this sequel to True Grit, never fails to entertain. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member I like it better then True Grit, more so due to Katherine and John's interaction! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Liam D It's not the disastrous sequel that most critics say but as a western starring some of the greatest actors ever it's decent Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sequel to the Oscar-winning "True Grit" finds the trigger-happy Rooster trying to win back his law badge by hunting a gang of bandits and a stolen shipment of explosives. His job is not made any easier by the daughter of one of the gang's victims, who insists on coming along for the ride.
Director
Stuart Millar
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriter
Martha Hyer
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions
Rating
PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 17, 1975, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m
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