True Grit is a 1969 Western film which tells the story of a teenaged girl, out for revenge for her father's death, who hooks up with a United States marshal and a Texas Ranger to find her father's killer. It stars John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby , Jeremy Slate , Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin and Jeff Corey .

The movie was adapted by Marguerite Roberts from the novel by Charles Portis . It was directed by Henry Hathaway and filmed in the vicinity of Ridgway, Colorado, now the home of the True Grit Cafe.

It won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (John Wayne) and was nominated for Best Music, Song (for Elmer Bernstein and Don Black for True Grit).

True Grit was followed by a sequel, Rooster Cogburn, in 1975. It was also remade for television in 1978, starring Warren Oates and Lisa Pelikan .

External links