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The Shootist (2023) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis A dying gunfighter, J.B. Brooks, spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum amount of pain and a maximum amount of dignity.
About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne) "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty".
Mar 12, 2024 · Legendary director Don Siegel (Dirty Harry) directs the iconic John Wayne as an ageing gunfighter dying of cancer in his final screen appearance, a superb adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's classic western novel, The Shootist. John Bernard Books is the stuff of legend, a renowned ‘shootist’ whose reputation looms large.
The Shootist is a 1976 Western film directed by Don Siegel and starring John Wayne in the title role. J.B. Books, a famous gunfighter of The Wild West, has traveled to Carson City, Nevada to see an old doctor friend ( James Stewart) about some health troubles. Said doctor tells him straight: it's cancer, and Books has only weeks to live.
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Jul 24, 2001 · "The Shootist" (so der Originaltitel) kann getrost als John Waynes Vermächtnis betrachtet werden. Dass der "Duke", wie ihn seine Bewunderer schon zu Lebzeiten respektvoll nannten, diesmal nicht berstend vor Kraft und Tatendrang zur gewohnten Hochform aufläuft, mag daran liegen, dass er auch im wahren Leben gegen den Krebs kämpfte und wohl ...
Gillom Rogers : Now you watch out for him, Mr. Books. He's mean, and he hates you. John Bernard Books : Well, we'll see if we can't clear that up tomorrow. John Bernard Books : [addressing the barman after entering the bar where his last gunfight will take place] Mister, this is my birthday.
