Rooster Cogburn is a large man, with an eye-patch. We’ve learned, so far, that he is a sheriff in this town. The first we see of him is unloading a cartful of prisoners that he has captured. They are led from the cart and, pausing a moment too long, one of them is roughly kicked from behind by Rooster Cogburn. By the time we really see much about him for ourselves, he has been given a reputation as a drunk. Despite this bad habit, he appears good at his job.
At least, he’s good at rounding up convicts. In the courthouse we learn that after only four years on the job, he has killed 23 people. He’s shot even more then that. He’s reckless and, even though he gets the job done, it’s not always done in the most professional way. It is clear that Rooster Cogburn is a dangerous man, and when he is prosecuted, the judge says something about him being sworn for life, or something along those lines, which leads me to believe that this is not the first time, or even the second, that he’s been at the witness stand. They’ve gotten annoyed with having to swear him in each time, so now he’s permanently sworn in. The girl wishes Rooster Cogburn to hunt down the man that shot her father, yet with the way the man handled the previous discrepancy with the girl’s father, it is doubtful that Cogburn will bring the man back alive.
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