How to watch the Rooster Cogburn films in order
There are 3 Rooster Cogburn films, about 5.5 hours in total. The first was released in 1969, the latest in 1978. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
The two westerns starring John Wayne as US Marshal 'Rooster' Cogburn
- 1
True Grit (1969)
11 Jun 1969 · 128 min
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
- 2
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
1 Nov 1975 · 108 min
After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
- 3
True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978)
19 May 1978 · 93 min
The further adventures of True Grit's Rooster Cogburn has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.