The Shootist
On his birthday (January 29), John Bernard Books sent a message to 3 men with violent reputations; Mike Sweeney, an aging outlaw and the brother of a man Books once killed in self-defense, a deadly crack shot Jack Pulford, the card dealer at the local Metropole Saloon, and Cobb, owner of a local creamery. They were told that John would be at the Metropole at 11:00 am
He has a personal credo, "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
Books boards a trolley for the Metropole Saloon.
At the saloon, Books finds the three men waiting for him at different tables. He orders the saloon's finest whiskey, toasting his birthday and his three "guests". Cobb opens fire first, causing Books to dive over the bar. Books throws a bottle of whiskey to distract Cobb, and guns him down. Sweeney wounds Books in the arm, using his table as a shield. Books shoots through the table, killing Sweeney. Pulford shoots one of Books' guns out of his hand, then tries to sneak up on Books, who lays on the floor. Seeing his reflection in a whiskey glass, Books shoots Pulford in the head. A crowd fills the street outside the Metropole after hearing the gunshots. The Metropole's bartender fires his shotgun into Books' back, mortally wounding him. Ron Howard AKA Richie Cunningham or Gillon takes up Books' gun, and kills the bartender. Books smiles and nods in approval before dying.
Books had terminal cancer, he wanted to go out on his own terms. This was John Waynes last movie - The Shootist A 1976 western - what a cast
John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Scatman Crothers, Harry Morgan, Hugh O'Brian, Sehree North, John Carradine, Bill McKinney, Rick Lenz
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