The Shootist (1976)

The Shootist (1976) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$22.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Don Siegel

Written By:
Glendon Swarthout
Miles Hood Swarthout

Actors:
John Wayne ..... J.B.Books
Lauren Bacall ..... Bond Rogers
Ron Howard ..... Gillom Rogers
James Stewart ..... Dr. E.W. Hostetler
Richard Boone ..... Mike Sweeney
Hugh O'Brian ..... Jack Pulford (faro dealer at Metropole Saloon)
Bill McKinney ..... Jay Cobb (owner, Cob's Creamery)
Harry Morgan ..... Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido
John Carradine ..... Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker)
Sheree North ..... Serepta (Books' ex-girlfriend)
Rick Lenz ..... Dan Dobkins (reporter, 'Morning Appeal') (as Richard Lenz)
Scatman Crothers ..... Moses Brown (liveryman)
Gregg Palmer ..... Burly man
Alfred Dennis ..... Barber
Dick Winslow ..... Streetcar driver

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.

John Bernard Books, a gunfighter approaching his 58th birthday, finds that he has rectal cancer and two months to live. He takes a room with Bond Rogers and her son, Gillom, to wait until death comes. Of course, his very presence starts off events in the town. The Marshal comes, prepared to die in a shootout, Gillom tries to idolize him, Bond first is disgusted and then pities him. Then, realizing that he will die in great pain, he comes up with an idea to go out with a bang.

A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.

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