Advantages: Good story, good acting Disadvantages: A Western, John Wayne!
The Shootist was John Wayne’s last ever film as he soon after dies. I was forced to watch this by hubby as it was his turn to pick what we watched. I have to say that it wasn’t too bad and probably the best one I have seen John Wayne in, so far!
John Wayne plays the role of John Bernard Brooks who finds out that he is dying of cancer. Brooks decided to go back to Carson City where his friend is a Doctor to get a second opinion. Here he sees Dr Hostetler, ... ...the second opinion. Dr Hosteter has the hard job of telling his old friend that there is nothing which can be done for him and he only has a short time left to live.
Brooks decided to stay in Carson City much to the disapproval of the Sherriff who believes that trouble will follow him and takes up lodging in a boarding house which is run by widow and her son, played by Lauren Bacall and Ron Howard. Ron Howard’s character is happy for the new house ...
sewbizzie 07.04.2009
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The last film of John Wayne,The Shootist, could not have been more fitting, full of ... more
details that can't help but make one reflect upon his legacy in the movies and his life as a star. Wayne plays a career gunfighter in the autumn of his life, trying to ...
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Afflicted with a terminal illness, John Bernard Brooks (John Wayne), the last of the ... more
legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler (James Stewart). Aware that his days are numbered, the tr...
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books the last of the legendary ... more
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 pe...
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Production Year: 1941 - Westerns - Director: Fritz Lang - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Barton MacLane, Robert Young
Production Year: 1976 - Westerns - Director: Irvin Kershner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Gale Sondergaard, Geoffrey Lewis, William Lucking, Jorge Luke, Richard Harris
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