The cantankerous Rooster Cogburn is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in the extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin.

Rooster Cogburn:
Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow-up to True Grit.

The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion, eye-patched, whisky-guzzling Deputy Marshal that won him an Academy Award. Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight, a Bible-thumping missionary who teams up with the gun-fighter to avenge the death of her father. While in pursuit of the outlaws, a warm rapport develops between the rough-and-tumble lawman and the flinty Reverend's daughter.