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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Don Siegel |
| Stars: |
John Wayne |
| Actors: |
Scatman Crothers |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Illness · Seniors · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen - Checkpoint |
| UPC: |
736899011949 |
| Release Date: |
1976 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen - Checkpoint, 1hr 38min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (July 24, 2001)
UPC: 097360890426 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (April 07, 1998)
UPC: 097360890433 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Scott Hale |
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Professional Reviews
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(06/01/2007, p.56, Gregory Kirschling): "[T]he film is almost eerily poignant." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
John Wayne, in his last film appearance, stars as famed gunfighter J.J. Brooks. After learning from Dr. Hostetler (James Stewart) that he's dying of stomach cancer and has no more than two months to live, he moves into a boarding house in Carson City run by Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son, Gillom (Ron Howard), to die quietly. But when word gets around that the old gunslinger is in town, curiosity seekers come out of the woodwork to get a look, and the ridiculous local marshal (Henry Morgan) contemplates a showdown with the legend. Annoyed by the attention and realizing that if he waits long enough, he'll die in great pain, Brooks decides to seek out his enemies and go down with guns blazing. Yet he works to persuade the hero-worshiping Gillom to foreswear the life of violence he's led. Director Don Siegel fashions a poignant, gracious farewell to the great star, who, like his character, was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. A stellar cast, which includes Western stalwarts such as Richar... |
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