Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
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Man is sentenced to death. The noose is placed around his neck, the lever is pulled - and the floor opens below his feet. He falls - his neck breaks and he stops struggling.
0:58:00 — 0:59:30
A man chops off four fingers of his prisoner. As the victim screams in agony, he is stabbed in the chest. The attacker is shot dead by the Marshall. We see blood on the wall - and the chopped fingers. The stabbed man also dies.
1:02:30 — 1:06:30
A horseman approaches a cabin - followed by a gang of outlaws. The outlaws whip him - drag him and shoot him. His associates - hiding at some distance - decide to surface and exchange fire with the outlaws. A few are shot dead. The others retreat. Later they discover the shot man has bitten his tongue and has a few broken teeth. He yanks out his teeth with a knife. We see a few corpses lying around.
1:19:30 — 1:23:30
A man spots a girl at the opposite end of the river. After a brief conversation - the girl draws her gun and shoots the man in the chest. The enraged man overpowers the girl and takes her away as a hostage
1:30:30 — 1:39:40
Four men charge at a lone horseman. The lone man shoots dead two of the other gang, while the third member falls and hits his head on a rock. The last surviving member shoots the man down from horse. His associate - watching the scene from afar - fires and hits the attacker. But he is later knocked out by a previously unconscious man. The girl fires at the attacker and pushes him down a cliff - but the recoil makes her lose balance and lunge backward and fall in a cave. A snake bites her - but she is unable to move due to her broken leg. Her associate arrives - shoots the snake dead - and sucks the poison out. He pulls her out of the cave and then starts riding back to get medical attention. We see corpses on the ground. The horse - running without break - falls down exhausted. The man shoots the horse in the head - ignoring the crying girl's protests. Later he picks up the girl and starts running towards the city.
We see a dead man on the ground.