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 ...

John Wayne was so enraged by Robert Duvall on the set of True Grit, which celebrates its 56th anniversary this week, he threatened to punch him on set.

After True Grit, John Wayne was offered another big-time Western, but he turned it down and missed out on the chance for a ...

With True Grit, they find a new way to shock: by being more faithful to the book than the original film version of True Grit ever was; by exalting the Western genre unapologetically; by not being ...

When Charles Portis published True Grit in 1968, the novel became a critically praised bestseller. Then a year later the movie, starring John Wayne, came out, and after that no one even remembered ...

Wayne wanted to bring his daughter, Aissa, onboard the True Grit cast, but he didn’t have the final say. As a result, he didn’t get along with co-star Kim Darby, calling her “spoiled.” ...

True Grit is one of John Wayne‘s most memorable roles. The Western star played a tough U.S. Marshal, alongside costars Glen Campbell and Kim Darby. The movie’s story seems so realistic that ...

True Grit is less a remake and more another adaptation of the same novel as the original True Grit film. That first movie was quite successful, but you could argue the 2010 version surpassed it.

In 1968, Charles Portis’ book True Grit was released. The book and two subsequent movies told the story of a young woman’s pursuit of justice in the American West circa the 1870s. But that ...

True Grit was a godsend for John Wayne, who lobbied for the lead role of one-eyed US Marshal Rooster Cogburn after reading Charles Portis’ novel of the same name. Duke would go on to finally win ...