The Shootist

The Shootist (1976)

1976-07-21 · 100 min · Rating 7.06/10 (374 votes)

He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.

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.

Western

Keywords

1900s aging aging gunfighter based on novel or book boarding house carson city, nevada dying man gunfight gunfighter nevada old west legend one last job retirement sniper terminal cancer terminal illness western western expansion widow widow with son

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