Subsequent to the murder of her daddy by hired hand Tom Chaney farm girl Mattie Ross lays out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the very toughest U.S. Marshal she will get, a man with"true grit," Reuben J."Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and broadly speaking reprobate personality do not bolster her faith . Against his wishes, he is joined by her into the Indian Nations in hunt of Chaney his stride. They are combined. The unlikely trio detect danger and adventure on the travel, and each has his or her"grit" analyzed.