Handlung
Mattie Ross kommt nach Fort Smith, um die Leiche ihres Vaters zu identifizieren und dessen Geschäfte zu regeln. Da die Behörden nicht viel Mühe darauf verwenden, den Mörder zu suchen, engagiert sie für 100 Dollar Marshal Rooster Cogburn, einen einäugigen, eisenharten, alten Trunkenbold, vor dem man sie ausdrücklich gewarnt hatte. Ihnen schließt sich der Texas Ranger La Boeuf an, der sich die Kopfprämie verdienen will. Zu dritt reiten sie los und liegen schon bald in ständigem Streit. Rooster Cogburn fühlt sich entnervt von Matties Tüchtigkeit und noch mehr von den texanischen Aufschneidereien La Boeufs.
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Besetzung
John Wayne
Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn
Kim Darby
Mattie Ross
Glen Campbell
"La Boeuf"
Jeremy Slate
Emmett Quincy
Robert Duvall
Ned Pepper
Dennis Hopper
"Moon"
Alfred Ryder
Goudy
Strother Martin
Colonel G. Stonehill
Jeff Corey
Tom Chaney
Ron Soble
Captain Boots Finch
James Westerfield
Judge Parker
John Fiedler
Lawyer Daggett
John Doucette
"Sheriff"
Donald Woods
"Barlow"
Edith Atwater
Mrs. Floyd
Carlos Rivas
"Dirty Bob"
Isabel Boniface
Mrs. Bagby
H.W. Gim
Chen Lee
John Pickard
Frank Ross
Elizabeth Harrower
Mrs. Ross
Ken Renard
Yarnell
Jay Ripley
Harold Parmalee
Kenneth Becker
Farrell Parmalee
Wilford Brimley
Minor Role (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Card Player / Raft Man (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Forrest Burns
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Albert Cavens
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
Myron Healey
Deputy at Prisoner Unloading (uncredited)
James McEachin
Judge Parker's Bailiff (uncredited)
Dennis McMullen
Bailiff (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Red - Ferryman (uncredited)
Robin Morse
Bit Part (uncredited)
Edna O'Dell
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
John Pedrini
Boarding House Guest (uncredited)
General Sterling Price
Ginger Cat (uncredited)
Stuart Randall
McAlester (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Connie Sawyer
Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jay Silverheels
Condemned Man at Hanging (uncredited)
Dean Smith
Minor Role (uncredited)
Vincent St. Cyr
Gaspargoo (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
The Hangman (uncredited)
Chalky Williams
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Hank Worden
R. Ryan - Undertaker (uncredited)
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