The Shootist
1976
Western / Action / Adventure / Drama
The Shootist
1976
Western / Action / Adventure / Drama
Synopsis
John Books an aging gunfighter goes to see a doctor he knows for a second opinion after another doctor told him he has a cancer which is terminal. The doctor confirms what the other said. He says Books has a month maybe two left. He takes a room in the boarding house and the son of the woman who runs it recognizes him and tells his mother who he is. She doesn't like his kind but when he tells her of his condition, she empathizes. Her son wants him to teach him how to use a gun. Books tries to tell him that killing is not something he wants to live with. Books, not wanting to go through the agony of dying from cancer, tries to find a quicker way to go.
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Cast
![John Wayne Picture](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w128_and_h128_face/6he8USrtKQMxatYFNRIzzuiZS6c.jpg)
John Wayne as John Bernard Books
![Lauren Bacall Picture](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w128_and_h128_face/iCOzbSzCSUC6D9EcyXtVb2FRNu0.jpg)
Lauren Bacall as Bond Rogers
![Ron Howard Picture](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w128_and_h128_face/hKrxPfYwbSmNQ45PvprlwiDnxo3.jpg)
Ron Howard as Gillom Rogers
![James Stewart Picture](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w128_and_h128_face/268grdwLf5jAaYgIRpGAxskvqv9.jpg)
James Stewart as Dr. E.W. Hostetler
![Richard Boone Picture](https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w128_and_h128_face/3jr6nbojJHrDvc0xQFrGOBwXt0M.jpg)
Richard Boone as Mike Sweeney
Tech specs
1080p.Blu 720p.Blu 1.65 GB
1920*1080
English
PG