John Wayne was left seething by Robert Duvall after the actor's fiery temper led to a series of confrontations on the set of ...

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 ...

John Wayne won an Academy Award for his portrayal of lawman Rooster Cogburn in 1969's "True Grit." There was a real-life Rooster Cogburn who was on the opposite side of ...

Always a John Wayne fan ... graveside of Cogburn, who had died while participating in a wild west show in Jonesboro, Ark. One of the most popular westerns of all time, "True Grit" was again ...

The first of the Rooster quotes involves him finally confronting Robert Duvall’s Ned Pepper. He asks, “What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?” Cogburn responds ...

Wayne was passionate about playing Cogburn after reading Portis’ novel. The actor enjoyed how Roberts’ True Grit screenplay uplifted the original source material, including a different ending ...

After winning the Best Actor Oscar for 1969’s True Grit, John Wayne returned for a sequel with 1975’s Rooster Cogburn alongside Katharine Hepburn. However, Duke had serious health issues going ...

John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 original ‘True Grit’ Source: Distributor 1969’s True Grit is regarded as one of the great Westerns while the remake was a critical and box-office ...