The movie was adapted by Marguerite Roberts[?] from the novel by Charles Portis[?]. It was directed by Henry Hathaway[?].
It won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (John Wayne) and was nominated for Best Music, Song (for Elmer Bernstein and Don Black[?] for True Grit).
True Grit was followed by a sequel, Rooster Cogburn[?], in 1975. It was also remade for television in 1978, starring Warren Oates[?] and Lisa Pelikan[?].
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