--- product_id: 46525472 title: "True Grit (1969)" price: "AED 71" currency: AED in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.ae/products/46525472-true-grit-1969 store_origin: AE region: United Arab Emirates --- # True Grit (1969) **Price:** AED 71 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** True Grit (1969) - **How much does it cost?** AED 71 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ae](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/46525472-true-grit-1969) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. For his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin. (English), In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. For his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild action in this extraordinary Western which features performances by Robert Duvall and Strother Martin. (Spanish) Review: We Got Some True Grit, Baby Sister! - True Grit is a stylized Western about a girl (Matty Ross, played with conviction by Kim Darby) who loves her father very much. He left behind his wife and children and rode out with another man on some business. Sometime during a card game this man, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), got drunk. The father showed the man out who then brandished a rifle. While trying to get the gun away, Tom fired, killing her father, and ran off into the woods. I can certainly see how this could be upsetting for this girl but she goes through so much! Although she tries to be calm and insistent about getting her way, it's more interesting where her barrier cracks -- when she witnesses a hanging, when she sees her dad in a pine box -- and when she sees her apparent savior, in the form of Rooster Cogburn, (rough tough, and all John Wayne) betray her trust (again, apparently). It's just too much. Great story! It was fun to see this late sixties Western at a time when the western as a genre was beginning to wane. Television was full of westerns then, and they were all going off the air -- The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, etc., etc. John Wayne epitomized all these gun-toting tough guys. But what was different about John Wayne's portrayal from these gentlemen was his willingness to break the rules to get what he wanted, whether it be a criminal, another bottle of whiskey, or saving a girl from a pit of rattlers, no matter what! And Robert Duval as the bad guy -- great acting! And our girl, played by Kim Darby, was the same. "She reminds me -- of me!" The story moves at a quick pace after a bit of a slow start. The girl meets a Texas ranger and doesn't think much of him -- played by crooner Glen Campbell. I've never liked Glen, then or now. His stilted acting was a bit much. But his portrayal of a man who wanted nothing to do with this girl and giving her a good spanking -- this was realistic if unsettling. Overall, True Grit is a western, one with real human experience, some conflict, lots of gun action and horse-riding. A girl who wants revenge, a man who wants justice. A great example of the wild western justice, a bit Hollywood-ized, and fun to watch! Great film! I have yet to watch the current remake (2011) and look forward to a comparison when I check it out. Cast & Crew: The director is Henry Hathaway, maker of such hits as How The West Was Won (1962) How the West Was Won (Three-Disc Special Edition) , and Mae West's Go West, Young Man (1936) GO WEST YOUNG MAN among many American westerns over his 40 plus year career! It was surprising to me how many of the secondary characters have also appeared in the original Star Trek. Even Kim Darby was in a Star Trek episode ( Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 12: Miri [VHS ]) Check the cast list and look it up on Wikipedia. Amazing! * John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn * Kim Darby as Mattie Ross * Glen Campbell as La Boeuf * Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy * Robert Duvall as Lucky Ned Pepper * Dennis Hopper as Moon * Strother Martin as Col. G. Stonehill * Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney * Donald Woods as Barlow * James Westerfield as Judge Parker Review: Back in the Saddle Again - With the passage of time True Grit has achieved a somewhat "classic western" status but when first released it was slightly offbeat. Kim Darby talked in stilted language, Glen Cambell looked ready to burst into song at any minute and got the worst of the dialogue, eg, " Bibbs was a little Senator." but the Duke furtunately was in most of important scenes and he filled the screen with his presence and brought his every fiber of his actors craft, that is, himself, to the story and filled the screen. He was not to be ignored. You chuckled at him when he demanded it, or feared for his life. It was all the same, he pulled the reactions from you,which was needed to make a fine movie, aided by an inexperienced Kim Darby and a Greenhorn Glen Campbell. The scenery of Colorado in blu ray is just spectacular and worth buying the disc even if you have just the regular DVD. The extras are mildly diapointing. There are a few words with a much older Kim Darby and the same with Glen Cambell, but both seem awed just to have been in a John Wayne movie. There is a nice spot on the town the movie was shot in an And some words with the costumer who fit the Dukes eyepatch. Worst was the movie voice over by some ernest western historians who would get excited about the shape of the horn on the saddle or a sharp's carbine. But when it came to the Duke they would argue which movie came first, True Grit ot The Green Berets. Or maybe they would wonder aloud if a certain scene (the hut scene) was shot in studio or on location or what Henry Hathaway would have thought about another scene. Wellllll, guess what ? That's what we like to knowtoo and it appears that our western experts can tell us the difference between horses and saddles and guns but not so much about the actual making of the m,ovie. One notable exception I concede there comment about Darby's fear of horses which they then took care to follow that thread through the movie whenever a double was used. Too bad we never find out why she was afraid of horses or what the Duke thought of that. But most John Wayne movies should be taken at face value, they are usually stories of good and evil, and redemption in the end. The better the writing, the cast, the location, the director, the better the picture. When all of the come together you get the AFI top movie of all time, a John Wayne western, The Searcers. True Grit had enough similarities to The Searchers it to be it's nice guy cousin, without the dark side. So get a blu ray True Grit and sit back and and enjoy the Duke at his finest, superb writing, blu ray worthy scenery , and the one against four fight scene at the end that had all Hollywood chuckling to themselves and saying,"there has never been any one ever who can pull this scene off other than Duke Wayne....Go Duke !" ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Dennis Hopper, Glen Campbell, Henry Hathaway, Jeremy Slate, John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,567 Reviews | | Format | Subtitled | | Genre | Adventure, Drama, Western | | Language | English | | Runtime | 2 hours and 7 minutes | ## Product Details - **Genre:** Adventure, Drama, Western - **Format:** NTSC, Subtitled - **Contributor:** Dennis Hopper, Glen Campbell, Henry Hathaway, Jeremy Slate, John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall - **Language:** English - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 7 minutes ## Images ![True Grit (1969) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91mvFhDxkML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We Got Some True Grit, Baby Sister! *by C***R on January 7, 2011* True Grit is a stylized Western about a girl (Matty Ross, played with conviction by Kim Darby) who loves her father very much. He left behind his wife and children and rode out with another man on some business. Sometime during a card game this man, Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey), got drunk. The father showed the man out who then brandished a rifle. While trying to get the gun away, Tom fired, killing her father, and ran off into the woods. I can certainly see how this could be upsetting for this girl but she goes through so much! Although she tries to be calm and insistent about getting her way, it's more interesting where her barrier cracks -- when she witnesses a hanging, when she sees her dad in a pine box -- and when she sees her apparent savior, in the form of Rooster Cogburn, (rough tough, and all John Wayne) betray her trust (again, apparently). It's just too much. Great story! It was fun to see this late sixties Western at a time when the western as a genre was beginning to wane. Television was full of westerns then, and they were all going off the air -- The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, etc., etc. John Wayne epitomized all these gun-toting tough guys. But what was different about John Wayne's portrayal from these gentlemen was his willingness to break the rules to get what he wanted, whether it be a criminal, another bottle of whiskey, or saving a girl from a pit of rattlers, no matter what! And Robert Duval as the bad guy -- great acting! And our girl, played by Kim Darby, was the same. "She reminds me -- of me!" The story moves at a quick pace after a bit of a slow start. The girl meets a Texas ranger and doesn't think much of him -- played by crooner Glen Campbell. I've never liked Glen, then or now. His stilted acting was a bit much. But his portrayal of a man who wanted nothing to do with this girl and giving her a good spanking -- this was realistic if unsettling. Overall, True Grit is a western, one with real human experience, some conflict, lots of gun action and horse-riding. A girl who wants revenge, a man who wants justice. A great example of the wild western justice, a bit Hollywood-ized, and fun to watch! Great film! I have yet to watch the current remake (2011) and look forward to a comparison when I check it out. Cast & Crew: The director is Henry Hathaway, maker of such hits as How The West Was Won (1962) How the West Was Won (Three-Disc Special Edition) , and Mae West's Go West, Young Man (1936) GO WEST YOUNG MAN among many American westerns over his 40 plus year career! It was surprising to me how many of the secondary characters have also appeared in the original Star Trek. Even Kim Darby was in a Star Trek episode ( Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 12: Miri [VHS ]) Check the cast list and look it up on Wikipedia. Amazing! * John Wayne as Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn * Kim Darby as Mattie Ross * Glen Campbell as La Boeuf * Jeremy Slate as Emmett Quincy * Robert Duvall as Lucky Ned Pepper * Dennis Hopper as Moon * Strother Martin as Col. G. Stonehill * Jeff Corey as Tom Chaney * Donald Woods as Barlow * James Westerfield as Judge Parker ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Back in the Saddle Again *by K***R on December 31, 2010* With the passage of time True Grit has achieved a somewhat "classic western" status but when first released it was slightly offbeat. Kim Darby talked in stilted language, Glen Cambell looked ready to burst into song at any minute and got the worst of the dialogue, eg, " Bibbs was a little Senator." but the Duke furtunately was in most of important scenes and he filled the screen with his presence and brought his every fiber of his actors craft, that is, himself, to the story and filled the screen. He was not to be ignored. You chuckled at him when he demanded it, or feared for his life. It was all the same, he pulled the reactions from you,which was needed to make a fine movie, aided by an inexperienced Kim Darby and a Greenhorn Glen Campbell. The scenery of Colorado in blu ray is just spectacular and worth buying the disc even if you have just the regular DVD. The extras are mildly diapointing. There are a few words with a much older Kim Darby and the same with Glen Cambell, but both seem awed just to have been in a John Wayne movie. There is a nice spot on the town the movie was shot in an And some words with the costumer who fit the Dukes eyepatch. Worst was the movie voice over by some ernest western historians who would get excited about the shape of the horn on the saddle or a sharp's carbine. But when it came to the Duke they would argue which movie came first, True Grit ot The Green Berets. Or maybe they would wonder aloud if a certain scene (the hut scene) was shot in studio or on location or what Henry Hathaway would have thought about another scene. Wellllll, guess what ? That's what we like to knowtoo and it appears that our western experts can tell us the difference between horses and saddles and guns but not so much about the actual making of the m,ovie. One notable exception I concede there comment about Darby's fear of horses which they then took care to follow that thread through the movie whenever a double was used. Too bad we never find out why she was afraid of horses or what the Duke thought of that. But most John Wayne movies should be taken at face value, they are usually stories of good and evil, and redemption in the end. The better the writing, the cast, the location, the director, the better the picture. When all of the come together you get the AFI top movie of all time, a John Wayne western, The Searcers. True Grit had enough similarities to The Searchers it to be it's nice guy cousin, without the dark side. So get a blu ray True Grit and sit back and and enjoy the Duke at his finest, superb writing, blu ray worthy scenery , and the one against four fight scene at the end that had all Hollywood chuckling to themselves and saying,"there has never been any one ever who can pull this scene off other than Duke Wayne....Go Duke !" ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good movie *by K***E on January 20, 2026* Good movie --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ae/products/46525472-true-grit-1969](https://www.desertcart.ae/products/46525472-true-grit-1969) --- *Product available on Desertcart United Arab Emirates* *Store origin: AE* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*