In the book, Chaney bashes LaBoeuf's head with a rock. Mattie shoots Chaney and falls into the pit. Rooster returns and kills Chaney, whose body falls into the pit. Rooster comes down into the pit with a rope to get Mattie, and LaBoeuf uses Little Blackie to pull them out. Rooster and Mattie ride off to get her snake bite treated.
Mattie later learns that LaBoeuf retrieved Chaney's body from the pit and took it back to Texas.
The first line of the final paragraph is:
I heard nothing more of the Texas officer, LaBoeuf.
I'm sure they killed off LaBoeuf in the John Wayne version just to shut Glen Campbell up.
I may have cheered a little.
As an actor, he was a hell of a lineman for the county.
Trailer for the Black Death which has Sean Bean and the guy who played Jack Jackson in
Pillers of the Earth
in it.
the guy who played Jack Jackson in Pillers of the Earth in it.
Yeah, when I saw that trailer a few weeks ago, all I could think was typecasting. Poor guy.
I'm sure they killed off LaBoeuf in the John Wayne version just to shut Glen Campbell up.
As an actor, he was a hell of a lineman for the county.
He was certainly no Ricky Nelson, that's for Goldarnshure!
He was certainly no Ricky Nelson
! that's exactly what I said the first time I watched True Grit
Ha! I made that same comment to my wife the other day while we were watching Rio Bravo.
