<Li> Chalky Williams as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Tom Gosnell as John Wayne Stunt Double (uncredited) </Li> <P> Filming took place mainly in Ouray County, Colorado, in the vicinity of Ridgway (now the home of the True Grit Cafe), around the town of Montrose (Montrose County), and the town of Ouray . (The script maintains the novel's references to place names in Arkansas and Oklahoma, in dramatic contrast to the Colorado topography .) The courtroom scenes were filmed at Ouray County Courthouse in Ouray . </P> <P> The scenes that take place at the "dugout" and along the creek where Quincy and Moon are killed, as well as the scene where Rooster carries Mattie on her horse Little Blackie after the snakebite, were filmed at Hot Creek on the east side of the Sierra Nevada near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California . Mount Morrison and Laurel Mountain form the backdrop above the creek . This location was also used in North to Alaska . Filming was done from September to December 1968 . </P>

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