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| Product 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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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Directors: |
Don Siegel |
| Actors: |
Bill McKinney · Harry Morgan · Hugh O'Brian · James Stewart · John Carradine · Richard Boone · Richard Lenz · Ron Howard · Scatman Crothers · Sheree North |
| Stars: |
John Wayne · Lauren Bacall |
| UPC: |
097360831801, 097360890419, 097360890426, 097360890433, 097360890440, 736899011949 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen, DVD: Widescreen - Checkpoint, VHS, VHS: Widescreen |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended |
| Release Date: |
1976 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Widescreen
- 1hr 40min
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- May 26, 1998
- PG (MPAA)
- 097360890419
, - VHS
- 1hr 40min
- Facets Video
- 736899011949
, - VHS
- 1hr 40min
- Fusion Video
- May 26, 1998
- 097360831801
, - VHS
- 1hr 40min
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- April 07, 1998
- PG (MPAA)
- 097360890433
- Sound Features: HiFi
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale |
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Professional Reviews
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(02/01/2004, p.68, Geoffrey Macnab): "THE SHOOTIST features Wayne's last, and arguably most poignant, performance.", (06/01/2007, p.56, Gregory Kirschling): "[T]he film is almost eerily poignant." |
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