John Wayne, in his last film appearance, stars as famed gunfighter J.J. Brooks. After learning from Dr. Hostetler (James Stewart) that he's dying of stomach cancer and has no more than two months to live, he moves into a boarding house in Carson City run by Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son, Gillom (Ron Howard), to die quietly. But when word gets around that the old gunslinger is in town, curiosity seekers come out of the woodwork to get a look, and the ridiculous local marshal (Henry Morgan) contemplates a showdown with the legend. Annoyed by the attention and realizing that if he wai... ts long enough, he'll die in great pain, Brooks decides to seek out his enemies and go down with guns blazing. Yet he works to persuade the hero-worshiping Gillom to foreswear the life of violence he's led. Director Don Siegel fashions a poignant, gracious farewell to the great star, who, like his character, was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. A stellar cast, which includes Western stalwarts such as Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, John Carradine, and Johnny Crawford, adds much to the film's resonance. As much a meditation on the burden of celebrity as an elegy for the Old West, it's most revealing in its star's final renunciation of violence.
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The Shootist
Impressive semi-Western melodrama, very well written and acted all round; the kind of solidly entertaining and thoughtful movie one imagined they didn't make any more.
A dignified and moving performance by Duke Wayne (who was dying from cancer) in his last role, topping a star-studded and intelligently directed western.
Wayne is a gunslinger hoping to die peacefully in a small town, but the local bad guys (O'Brian and Boone) are determined to take revenge on him for past events or just want to see how far the man measures up to the legend. While the older townsfolk gather round to support Wayne, there's an impeccably paced momentum leading him to one last shoot-out.
It's Wayne's best ever performance, and with this supporting cast, the acting is special throughout.
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I saw this movie first time in Boston in 1976..I had a bad feeling it was the last one John would make and i was right..He put a lot of himself and his values in this movie and its in the top 5 of all the movies he made in his life time..If you had him for your friend you had a real friend for life..Love what he was and still is today..10/10 a must see..
