The Shootist (1976)
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Directors
Don Siegel
Cast
John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone
The story
Widely known Old West Sheriff-turned-gunfighter John Bernard "J. B." Books arrives in Carson City, Nevada, on January 22, 1901. Books visits Dr.
Genres
Drama, Western, revisionist Western
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