Read more: The 20 Best Western Movie Actors Ranked It shouldn't be too shocking to learn that Kim Darby, who plays lead protagonist Mattie Ross in "True Grit," is thankfully still with us.

the odds are against them. But rabid vengeance keeps determined Mattie going. Is true grit enough to see justice served?

To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally ...