The Shootist
Western
He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.
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.
1976-07-21
en
Cast
Director
Don Siegel
John Wayne as J.B. Books
Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers
Ron Howard as Gillom Rogers
James Stewart as Dr. Hostetler
Richard Boone as Mike Sweeney
Hugh O'Brian as Jack Pulford
Bill McKinney as Jay Cobb
Harry Morgan as Marshall Thibido
John Carradine as Beckum
Sheree North as Serepta
Rick Lenz as Dobkins
Scatman Crothers as Moses
Gregg Palmer as Burly Man
Alfred Dennis as Barber
Dick Winslow as Streetcar Driver
Melody Thomas Scott as Girl on Streetcar
Jack Berle as Man Outside Metropole (uncredited)
Johnny Crawford as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
George Dunn as Man Delivering Headstone (uncredited)
Christopher George as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Jonathan Goldsmith as Books' Victim (uncredited)
Leo Gordon as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Charles G. Martin as Murray the Bartender (uncredited)
Ricky Nelson as Books' Fellow Lawman in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
James Nolan as Gambler (uncredited)
Henry Slate as Pulford Confidant (uncredited)
Bob Steele as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Ralph Volkie as White-Haired Bartender (uncredited)