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  1. May 13, 2020 · Every bit as stubborn and unreasonable as Wayne could be, Siegel seemed determined to make what would be Wayne’s final movie – though that was not the intention at the time – as intimate and claustrophobic as a widow’s parlour, and Wayne bristled at the confinement.

  2. Feb 9, 2016 · John Wayne made sure the ending of his last film, The Shootist, was to his liking. His character, the dying gunfighter J.B. Books, takes on three gunmen in a saloon, killing them all—before a barkeep shoots him in the back.

  3. Jul 7, 2024 · In many ways, it is appropriate that one of John Wayne's greatest performances was in The Shootist. It follows a cowboy at the end of his life. More specifically, the 1976 Western tells the story of J.B. Books, an aging cowboy who has a reputation for violence, having committed over thirty killings. However, when Books is diagnosed with cancer ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_ShootistThe Shootist - Wikipedia

    The Shootist was Wayne's final cinematic role, concluding a 50-year career that began during the silent film era in 1926. Wayne was not terminally ill when the film was made in 1976. He had been a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life, and he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1964.

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Wayne’s final movie role before his death was starring as J.B. Books in The Shootist. The film follows his character, who is an aging gunfighter who has cancer.

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  6. Oct 27, 2016 · In a letter previously unseen until now and dated June 22, 1978, John Wayne demonstrates his remarkable wit in a typewritten exchange with “Beau John” script writer Buddy Atkinson.

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  8. Dec 16, 2023 · John Wayne's The Shootist co-star Rick Lenz has shared incredible memories of working with Duke on his final movie, confessing what surprised him about the Western legend and shutting down an...

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