Compared with True Grit, Rooster Cogburn fairs pretty badly in my opinion. Theres a lack of urgency in the screenplay, and a stronger director and script was needed in order to make this movie a respectable sequel to 'True Grit'.
Does anyone know why better directors such as Rydell and Hathaway were not available?
Robbie
I thought that this was a prettly flat movie and Dukes worst since 'The Undefeated'. Duke himself said that the story was stale and the script poor bit he though two spirtited performances from him and Hepburn could bring the movie up a notch or two.
While Duke and Hepburn are excellent as well as the scenary everything else is wrong. Too much time is spent with the bad guys whom pose no threat whatsoever and the finale is quite poor.
This is a rather boring movie from John Wayne and one that I try to avoid, thankfully he had one good movie left in him after this one a minor little western called 'The Shootist'.
