The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
231 audience votes
Key crew
- Stuart MillarDirector
- Martha HyerWriter
- Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John WayneReuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
- Katharine HepburnEula Goodnight
- Anthony ZerbeBreed
- Richard JordanHawk
- John McIntireJudge Parker
- Paul KosloLuke
- Jack ColvinRed
- Jon LormerRev. Goodnight
- Richard RomancitoWolf
- Lane SmithLeroy
- Tommy LeeChen Lee
- Warren VandersBaghy
Stills
Themes
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