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Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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John Wayne originally wanted Ingrid Bergman as his co-star. He then suggested the character should be made younger and Mary Tyler Moore should be cast, saying he feared audiences would not want to see a movie where both stars were elderly.
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John Wayne changed his dialogues so often that director Millar argued many time with him because of this. On the contrary of Katie Hepburn who was unable to improvise.
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"Martin Julien" allegedly covers the writing talents of producer Hal B. Wallis, his wife Martha Hyer, and some friends.
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Director Stuart Millar insisted on so many takes that eventually John Wayne snapped, "God damn it Stuart, there's only so many times we can say these awful lines before they stop making any sense at all."
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The conversation that Rooster has with Wolf, about the small gun he loans him, is taken directly from an unused line of dialogue in the novel "True Grit".
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Strother Martin, who portrays Shanghai McCoy in this film, also appeared in True Grit (1969), playing Col. Stonehill, the sarcastic horse trader who is bested in a deal by Mattie Ross.
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Towards the end of filming John Wayne fell ill with viral pneumonia. He declined to promote the movie, claiming he was still ill.
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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John Wayne found making the film to be very difficult, particularly since he had just finished a grueling shoot on Brannigan (1975) and recovered from pneumonia.
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The 25th highest grossing film of 1975.
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Hal B. Wallis later conceded in a letter to John Wayne that the choice of Stuart Millar as director had been a mistake. Millar never directed another theatrical film.
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A magazine piece Katherine Hepburn wrote about Wayne is little short of a mash note: "From head to toe he is all of a piece. Big head. Wide blue eyes. Sandy hair. Rugged skin--lined by living and fun and character. Not by just rotting away. A nose not too big, not too small. Good teeth. A face alive with humor. Good humor, I should say, and a sharp wit. Dangerous when roused. His shoulders are broad--very. His chest massive--very. When I leaned against him (which I did as often as possible, I must confess--I am reduced to such innocent pleasures) thrilling. It was like leaning against a great tree."
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Although John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn refer to Strother Martin as "Old Man", he was in fact twelve years younger than them.
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Although this film was promoted as "Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady)", the opening credits of the film give the title as simply "Rooster Cogburn".
Rooster Cogburn - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Bette Davis, Maureen O'Hara, Glenda Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith and Loretta Young were considered for Miss Eula Goodnight.
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If John Wayne had been too ill to play Rooster Cogburn in this film, the part was going to be offered to Marlon Brando. Other choices were Charles Bronson, Richard Burton, Kirk Douglas, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Steve McQueen, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and George C. Scott.
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H.W. Gim, who played the original Chen Lee, Rooster's Chinese companion, had died in the intervening years since the original film so the role was taken over by Tommy Lee, who died the year after this film was released.
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Katharine Hepburn appeared in only one other western, The Sea of Grass (1947).
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