The Shootist (1976)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance, Western
Release: 1976-07-21
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Glendon Swarthout , Miles Hood Swarthout , Scott Hale
Language: English
Stars: John Wayne , Lauren Bacall , Ron Howard , James Stewart (I) (1908–1997) , Richard Boone , Hugh O’Brian , Bill McKinney , Harry Morgan , John Carradine , Sheree North
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
AKA: Šaulys (Lithuania) , Стрелецът (Bulgaria) , El pistolero (Colombia) , Der letzte Scharfschütze , Rewolwerowiec (Poland) , Den siste gunfightern (Sweden) , A mesterlövész (Hungary) , Der Scharfschütze , Le dernier des géants (Canada) , Seksløberen som blev tavs (Denmark) , Der Shootist , Posljednji hitac , Il pistolero (Italy) , Gatillero (Mexico) , O Atirador (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Με το χέρι στη σκανδάλη (Greece) , Revolverimies (Finland) , El último pistolero (Spain) , Posljednji hitac (Croatia) , Den siste gunfightern (Finland) , Der letzte Scharfschütze (Austria) , Le dernier des géants (France, French Republic) , The Shootist (United Kingdom) , Revolveraš (Serbia) , O Último Pistoleiro (Brazil) , ラスト・シューティスト (Japan) , El tirador (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , The Shootist , Der Scharfschütze (Germany) , The Shootist (Canada) , The Shootist (United States of America) , Der Shootist (Austria) , El tirador (Argentina) , Pistolarul (Romania) , Самый меткий , Der Scharfschütze (Austria) , Revolvermannen (Finland)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0075213