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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. |
