The Shootist

(1976)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 396 votes

Genres: Western

Year: 1976

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Don Siegel

Cast: Джон Уэйн, Лорен Бэколл, Рон Ховард, Джеймс Стюарт, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Билл МакКинни, Гарри Морган, Джон Кэрредин, Sheree North

Plot

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.

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.