Rooster Cogburn

…reprised opposite Katharine Hepburn in Rooster Cogburn (1975), a partial remake of the Hepburn–Humphrey Bogart classic The African Queen (1951). Wayne’s final film, The Shootist (1976), in which he portrays an aging gunfighter who is dying of cancer, was praised by many as his best western since Rio Bravo. This…

…hit and spawned a sequel, Rooster Cogburn (1975), that paired Wayne with Katharine Hepburn. In 2010 the Coen brothers released a critically acclaimed remake of True Grit, with Jeff Bridges as Cogburn and Matt Damon as La Boeuf.