John Books an aging gunfighter goes to see a doctor he knows for a second opinion after another doctor told him he has a cancer which is terminal. The doctor confirms what the other said. He says Books has a month maybe two left. He takes a room in the boarding house and the son of the woman who runs it recognizes him and tells his mother who he is. She doesn't like his kind but when he tells her of his condition, she empathizes. Her son wants him to teach him how to use a gu... (Full plot summary below)
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John Books an aging gunfighter goes to see a doctor he knows for a second opinion after another doctor told him he has a cancer which is terminal. The doctor confirms what the other said. He says Books has a month maybe two left. He takes a room in the boarding house and the son of the woman who runs it recognizes him and tells his mother who he is. She doesn't like his kind but when he tells her of his condition, she empathizes. Her son wants him to teach him how to use a gun. Books tries to tell him that killing is not something he wants to live with. Books, not wanting to go through the agony of dying from cancer, tries to find a quicker way to go.
Leave your thoughts about The Shootist.
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrA brilliantly crafted work and a remarkably moving experience. |
| NewsweekJanet MaslinThe cast is excellent because it understands the material, and sympathizes with it: James Stewart, as the doctor, and Lauren Bacall, as the widow, play scenes with Wayne that absolutely make us forget we're watching a movie. |
| The TelegraphPhilip HorneThe Shootist is a fitting memorial to a great star – and leaves his image indelibly fixed on our imagination. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickthere is a sense of gravity to Wayne's presence on-screen that you won't find in any of his other movies |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzJohn Wayne's swan song is a touching tribute to the legendary star and the Western. |
| VarietyVariety StaffSimply beautiful, and beautifully simple. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasThat rare film where a star and an audience get to say goodbye to each other. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyJohn Wayne's very last film, an elegy for a dying cowboy, expresses the essence of his screen image, while borrowing elements from his own life. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumDuke's last is valiant, underplayed western. |
| Radio TimesTony SlomanThis was John Wayne's last movie and it turned out to be a fitting tribute to a great talent. |
