He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.
The Shootist
TMDB
400 votes
Trailer
Original Trailer · plays on YouTube
Where to watch
USStream
- Paramount Plus Essential
Rent
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
- Fandango At Home
Buy
- Amazon Video
- Apple TV Store
- Google Play Movies
- YouTube
- Fandango At Home
Availability data from JustWatch, for the United States.
Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Don Siegel
- Written by
- Glendon Swarthout, Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale
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
Details
- Released
- July 21, 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Box office
- $13,400,000
More by Don Siegel
More with John Wayne
I Love Lucy
1951
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Rio Bravo
1959
The Searchers
1956
The Longest Day
1962
Stagecoach
1939
La Classe américaine
1993
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
El Dorado
1966
Red River
1948
The Quiet Man
1952
True Grit
1969
Baby Face
1933
The Alamo
1960
Similar films
Dances with Wolves
1990
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Rio Bravo
1959
The Magnificent Seven
1960
El Dorado
1966
Shane
1953
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
Open Range
2003
The Naked Spur
1953
News of the World
2020
Rust
2024
Young Guns II
1990
Rooster Cogburn
1975
The White Buffalo
1977