The Shootist

Story

The last film of John Wayne could not have been more fitting, full of details that can't help but make one reflect upon his legacy in the movies and his life as a star. Wayne plays a career gunfighter in the autumn of his life, trying to hang up his pistols after he discovers he's dying of cancer. Boarding in the house of an attractive widow (Lauren Bacall) and her son (Ron Howard), Wayne's character opts for peace in his final days but is dogged by his reputation when a handful of killers seeks him out for a final fight. Howard is fine as a fatherless boy who needs the strong mentor the hero represents, and James Stewart--who costarred with Wayne in the great Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--plays the doctor who gives the big man the bad news. Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) thoughtfully directs a very special and sensitive production. --Tom Keogh

DVD Features

• Available subtitles: English
  
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  
• Exclusive cast and crew interviews with Hugh O'Brian, writer Miles Swarthout and producer Bill Self

Cast

John Wayne	J.B.Books aka John Bernard Books
Ron Howard	Gillom Rogers
James Stewart	Dr. E.W. Hostetler
John Carradine	Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker)
Richard Boone	Mike Sweeney
Lauren Bacall	Bond Rogers
Scatman Crothers	Moses Brown (liveryman)
Ron Howard	Gillom Rogers
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
Sheree North	Serepta (Books' ex-girlfriend)
Rick Lenz	Dan Dobkins (reporter, 'Morning Appeal')
Gregg Palmer	Burly man
Alfred Dennis	Barber
Dick Winslow	Streetcar driver