True Grit is a 1969 Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn. The film is adapted from the 1968 novel, True Grit, by Charles Portis.

Plot

After her father is killed, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), a headstrong 14-year-old girl, hires the aging, irascible and drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn (John Wayne) to track down the killer, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) of her father Frank (John Pickard). To do so, the pair must head into Indian territory and are joined by a young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Glen Campbell), who also hopes to capture Chaney and collect a reward.movies.nytimes.com/movie/51143/True-Grit/overview

Mattie Ross arrives in Fort Smith, Arkansas looking for a Marshal or Deputy Marshal who will help her search for former hired-hand, Tom Chaney who, it is revealed, killed her father.