The Shootist marked the final movie for screen legend John Wayne and worked as a perfect celebration of his legacy in the ...

In the end, The Shootist’s production was shut down as Wayne was hospitalised for two weeks with influenza. The star had also been suffering from an enlarged prostate while filming, which wouldn ...

Back in 1964, John Wayne had a cancerous lung and a few ribs removed, leaving him stricken with health problems for the rest of his life. Duke would struggle tenaciously through physical scenes ...

According to IMDb, Wayne convinced Stewart to join The Shootist for a small cameo role as Dr. Hostetler. The 1976 Western movie follows the notorious shootist named J.B. Books (Wayne), who arrives ...

Wayne played J.B. Books in The Shootist. He played many Western roles over the course of his career, but this one offered the most sentimental and introspective role of his career. J.B. is a ...

Watching Wayne’s portrayal of dying shootist John Bernard Books, I saw a real man with cancer giving screen life to a man who had even less time left than he did, though his own end wasn’t ...

The Shootist is John Bernard Books ... As word spreads that the famous assassin has reached the end, an assortment of vultures gather to feast upon his corpse. Books outwits them all by selecting ...