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The Shootist

He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.

1976 · PG · 1h 40m

Directed by Don Siegel

7.1

TMDB audience score
400 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

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Cast

  • John Wayne
    J.B. Books

  • Lauren Bacall
    Bond Rogers

  • Ron Howard
    Gillom Rogers

  • James Stewart
    Dr. Hostetler

  • Richard Boone
    Mike Sweeney

  • Hugh O'Brian
    Jack Pulford

  • Bill McKinney
    Jay Cobb

  • Harry Morgan
    Marshall Thibido

  • John Carradine
    Beckum

  • Sheree North
    Serepta

  • Rick Lenz
    Dobkins

  • Scatman Crothers
    Moses

  • Gregg Palmer
    Burly Man

  • Alfred Dennis
    Barber

  • Dick Winslow
    Streetcar Driver

  • Melody Thomas Scott
    Girl on Streetcar

  • Kathleen O'Malley
    School Teacher

  • Jack Berle
    Man Outside Metropole (uncredited)