True Grit: A Further Adventure
True Grit: A Further Adventure | |
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Written by | Charles Portis (characters) Sandor Stern |
Directed by | Richard T. Heffron |
Starring | Warren Oates |
Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Sandor Stern |
Production locations | Buckskin Joe Frontier Town & Railway - 1193 Fremont County Road 3A, Canon City, Colorado |
Cinematography | Stevan Larner |
Editor | Jerry Young |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company | Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 19, 1978 |
Related | |
Rooster Cogburn |
True Grit: A Further Adventure is a 1978 American Western television film directed by Richard T. Heffron. It is the sequel Rooster Cogburn (1975), and the third installment in the True Grit film series. While John Wayne portrays Rooster Cogburn in the first two films, Warren Oates takes over the role in this 1978 TV version.[1] Lisa Pelikan portrays Mattie Ross, played in the first film by Kim Darby. The supporting cast features Lee Meriwether and Parley Baer.
Plot
[edit]The further adventures of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn are told here. He battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile, he must also contend with the ever tough-as-nails Mattie Ross, a teenage girl hellbent on reforming him.
Cast
[edit]- Warren Oates as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
- Lisa Pelikan as Mattie Ross
- Lee Meriwether as Annie Sumner
- James Stephens as Joshua Sumner
- Jeff Osterhage as Christopher Sumner
- Lee Montgomery as Daniel Sumner
- Ramon Bieri as Sheriff Ambrose
- Jack Fletcher as Clerk
- Parley Baer as Rollins
- Lee de Broux as Skorby
- Fredric Cook as Chaka
- Redmond Gleeson as Harrison
- Gregg Palmer as Slatter
- Derrel Maury as Creed
- Roger Frazier as Moses Turk
- John Perak as Tom Lacy
- Don Spencer as Doc Wade
- Burt Douglas as Bast
- Richard McKenzie
- Simon Tyme as Udall
- Sue Hoffman
- Charles Burke as Hopkins
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