dying on the bar floor with Gillom at his side. One aspect of The Shootist that's often not discussed is the film's opening, which compiles several clips of John Wayne's from some of his previous ...

According to Scott Eyman’s John Wayne: The Life and Legend, there were several changes that Wayne wanted to make to The Shootist. He spent his entire career perfecting his on-screen persona that ...

Born Marion Robert Morrison, John Wayne is one of the greatest movie stars from Hollywood's Golden Era. Known to many as "the Duke," Wayne had a fifty-year career working in motion pictures ...

The 1954 pic “The High and the Mighty” is one of four Wayne pics for which Paramount’s ... including “El Dorado,” “Big Jake,” “The Shootist,” “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ...

Wayne died in 1979. After The Shootist, John Wayne intended to keep working but it ended up being his final film. Even so, it concluded his career on a powerful note, demonstrating his skills in a ...

John Wayne died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72. Just three years later he starred in what many believed to be his final movie, The Shootist. The 1976 Western co-starring ...

In this photo released by Warner Bros., actor John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards in the 1956 film The Searchers. The film is among the American Film Institute's best western movies.(DMN file photo ...

The old adage “less is more” proves as true as ever in the DVD version of The Shootist, both in the lead performance and on the disc. John Wayne, already one lung down from cancer, turned in ...