Rating: PG
Genre: Western
Release Date: 07/24/2001
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Western Violence
Distributor/Studio: Paramount

About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging Western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne), "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty." In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford (Hugh O'Brian) and Marshall Thibido (Harry Morgan) and reaches out to new friends, including a feisty widow (Lauren Bacall) and her hero-worshipping son (Ron Howard). Throughout the film, Books' imminent demise is compared with the decline of the West, as represented by the automobiles and streetcars that have begun to blight the main street of Books' hometown.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
John Wayne - John Bernard Books
Lauren Bacall - Bond Rogers
Ron Howard - Gillom Rogers
Bill McKinney - Cobb
James Stewart - Dr. Hostetler
Richard Boone - Sweeney
Hugh O'Brian - Pulford
John Carradine - Beckum
Sheree North - Serepta
Scatman Crothers - Moses
Alfred Dennis - Barber
Dick Winslow - Streetcar Driver
Kathleen O'Malley - Schoolteacher

Production:
Don Siegel - Director
Bill Self Mike J. Frankovich - Producer
Elmer Bernstein - Composer
Douglas Stewart - Editor
Scott Hale Miles Hood Swarthout - Screen Writer
Arthur Jeph Parker - Set Designer
Richard J. Lawrence - Art Director
Glendon Swarthout - Book Author
Bruce Surtees - Cinematographer
Edna Taylor - Costume Designer
Luster Bayless - Costume Designer
Moss Mabry - Costume Designer
Dino de Laurentiis - Executive Producer
Joe Cavalier - First Assistant Director
David Grayson - Makeup
Robert F. Boyle - Production Designer
Les Fresholtz - Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Minkler - Sound/Sound Designer
Augie Lohman - Special Effects
Arthur Piantadosi - Sound/Sound Designer

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