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The last of the legendary gun-fighters is dying from a terminal illness. He seeks what medical care he can from the doctor in Carson City and rests up in the local boarding house. However one last battle still awaits him...Product Identifiers
EAN5014437880932
eBay Product ID (ePID)3960775
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Wayne, John Carradine, Richard Boone, Bill Mckinney, Ron Howard, Scatman Crothers, Harry Morgan, Sheree North, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall
Aspect Ratio1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Film/TV TitleThe Shootist
DirectorDon Siegel
Release Year2005
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreWesterns
Run Time95 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationJohn 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 waits 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.
Sound sourceMono
Movie/TV TitleThe Shootist