John Bernard Books, un llegendari pistoler que deu la seva fama a la captura d'uns forjats als quals ningú aconseguia caçar, decideix tornar a la seva ciutat natal per viure en pau el que li quedi de vida. Tot i això, no tindrà més remei que saldar un compte pendent amb tres bandits. Va ser el darrer llargmetratge protagonitzat per John Wayne.
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Der Shootist · DEThe Shootist - Der letzte Scharfschütze · DEEl tirador · AREl tirador · UYDer letzte Scharfschütze · DEDer Scharfschütze · ATEl pistolero · CODen siste gunfightern · FIRevolvermannen · FIСамый меткий · SU
The big man bows out and leaves an indelible mark.
Legendary gunfighter J.B. Books rides into Carson City, diagnosed with terminal cancer he has a short time to live. After taking a room at the widow Bond Rogers' house, he becomes something of a mentor to Bond's son, Gillom.
Dignified, eloquent, perhaps even incredibly sad, The Shootist mirrors John Wayne's personal situation and closes his...
I publicly take back every negative thing I ever said about John Wayne. I was so far wrong in claiming that he was just a very famous, highly overrated actor, but I blame my misconceptions on the fact that I was probably introduced to him via some of his lesser movies, or perhaps just not the kind of movie I like or usually bother with. I never have been big on Westerns, but after viewing The Ma...
John Wayne's final big screen role sees him playing a terminally-ill gunfighter determined to go out with his boots on - and to take as much local riff-raff with his as he goes. He settles down in a boarding house run by a slightly puritanical widow - Lauren Bacall, and her teenage son played by Ron Howard. Once his doctor, James Stewart, has confirmed the worst, he manipulates some of the local n...