Famously known has the only film John Wayne has won an Oscar in his entire career, True Grit. A revenge story of a young woman (Kim Darby) who wants to kill the man responsible for the death of her father. But, she is a financial record keeper, and moreover, a woman, so she must hire a man that will track the fella with her. This man is Marshall Cogburn (John Wayne) an old bachelor living with a fat cat and an old chinese man. In their journey they will be helped by Texas ranger La Boeuf (Glenn Campbell). The revenge story is the perfect set-up for Wayne to portray a warm father figure, a role he could certainly portrays because he had two daughters in real life.
