The Shootist

The Shootist

1h 39m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

When gunfighter John Bernard Books learns he has cancer, he sets out to get shot in the line of duty rather than fight a terminal illness. In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies and reaches out to new friends.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Don Siegel

CAST

John Wayne

Lauren Bacall

James Stewart

Ron Howard

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Related Videos

Shootist, The -- (Movie Clip) You're An Assassin
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Terminally ill lodger J.B. Books (John Wayne) catches Gillom (Ron Howard) snooping, then tries to persuade his mother Mrs. Rogers (Lauren Bacall) to let him stay on, in The Shootist, 1976.
Shootist, The -- (Movie Clip) Doc Hostetler
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Nothing but John Wayne (as gunfighter J.B. Books) and James Stewart (as "Doc" Hostetler) in their famous scene from Wayne's last movie, director Don Siegel's The Shootist, 1976.
Shootist, The -- (Movie Clip) Won't Pass For Flowers
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Harry Morgan is the local sheriff, dropping by to suggest that famed gunfighter J.B. Books (John Wayne) leave town, and thrilled at the news he hears, in Wayne's last movie, The Shootist, 1976.

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