About ten minutes into The Shootist , Doctor Hostetler ( James Stewart ) tells aging Western gunfighter John Bernard Books ( John Wayne ), "You have a cancer.
Amazing cast. John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, Richard Boone. I'd never noticed that my minister's wife looks a lot like Lauren Bacall!
Great movie! Then again, it is a John Wayne movie. Never seen one that was less than good; and most are great. What irony that a man who played so many larger than life characters would play a dying... more
Great movie! Then again, it is a John Wayne movie. Never seen one that was less than good; and most are great. What irony that a man who played so many larger than life characters would play a dying man in what would be his final film. Something he had to know. But watching it you can still see that strength and old fashioned honor The Duke brought to every role he played.
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people. I require the same from them..." - John Wayne (J.B. Books)