John Wayne finally won his best-actor Oscar for his 1969 portrayal of a boozy marshal helping a tough-minded girl (Kim Darby) track down her father's killers. Well-directed by Henry Hathaway, it's still not one of the Duke's classics -- although it does have many good scenes, the best of which is the final shoot-out between Wayne's Rooster Cogburn and chief baddie, Ned Pepper (Robert Duvall).