Movie

Rooster Cogburn

1975 · 108 min

A comfortable old-fashioned western that pairs a gruff lawman with a prim missionary, mixing gunplay, banter and river adventure.

Tagline: The man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him!
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, tense and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Justice, revenge, redemption, faith
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
revenge
redemption
faith
loyalty
Places: small town
countryside
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild