The Shootist

The Shootist (1976)

He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.

Western

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.

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  • Release Date: 1976-07-21
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Don Siegel

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Cast

  • John Wayne

    J.B. Books

  • Lauren Bacall

    Bond Rogers

  • Ron Howard

    Gillom Rogers

  • James Stewart

    Dr. Hostetler

  • Richard Boone

    Mike Sweeney

  • Hugh O'Brian

    Jack Pulford

  • Bill McKinney

    Jay Cobb

  • Harry Morgan

    Marshall Thibido

  • John Carradine

    Beckum

  • Sheree North

    Serepta

  • Rick Lenz

    Dobkins

  • Scatman Crothers

    Moses

  • Gregg Palmer

    Burly Man

  • Alfred Dennis

    Barber

  • Dick Winslow

    Streetcar Driver

  • Melody Thomas Scott

    Girl on Streetcar

  • Kathleen O'Malley

    School Teacher

  • Jack Berle

    Man Outside Metropole (uncredited)

  • Johnny Crawford

    Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

  • Chuck Dawson

    Extra (uncredited)

  • George Dunn

    Man Delivering Headstone (uncredited)

  • Duke Fishman

    Barfly (uncredited)

  • Christopher George

    Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

  • Jonathan Goldsmith

    Books' Victim (uncredited)

  • Leo Gordon

    Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

  • Charles G. Martin

    Murray the Bartender (uncredited)

  • Jim Michael

    Barfly (uncredited)

  • Ernesto Molinari

    Barfly (uncredited)

  • Darren Patrick Moloney

    Paper Boy (uncredited)

  • Ricky Nelson

    Books' Fellow Lawman in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

  • James Nolan

    Gambler (uncredited)

  • Nick Raymond

    Barfly (uncredited)

  • Henry Slate

    Pulford Confidant (uncredited)

  • Bob Steele

    Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

  • Ralph Volkie

    White-Haired Bartender (uncredited)

  • John Zimeas

    Barfly (uncredited)

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