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This is the last movie that John Wayne made, and what a way to go
out. Wayne's character is an old gunfighter dying of a terminal
illness. There are a lot of parallels with this movie and Wayne's own
life because it wasn't long after that Wayne himself had died. In this
movie, the Duke plays John Bernard Books, a legendary gunfighter who
returns to Carson City to receive medical attention from his old
friend Doc Hostetler (played by James Stewart). Wayne's character
checks into a boarding house run by a widow (Lauren Bacall) and her
son (Ron Howard). Thinking he'd just die in peace, he ends up going
out in a blaze of gunfire instead. You gotta see this if you're a fan
of Wayne's. |
