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 third installment in the True Grit film series, intended as a backdoor pilot for a TV series. Warren Oates takes over the role of Rooster Cogburn in this 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]U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile, he must 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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