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'''[[The Shootist']]'' is a 1976 [[Western]] starring [[John Wayne]] as the title character.
 
J.B. Books, a famous gunfighter of the Old West has traveled to Carson City to see an old doctor friend ([[Jimmy Stewart]]) about some health troubles. Said doctor tells him straight it's cancer and that Books has only weeks to live. Told to rest in town, Books makes his way to a widow's house ([[Lauren Bacall]]) and under a false name rents out a room. The widow's son Gillom played by [[Ron Howard]] quickly finds out Books' real identity and word quickly spreads that the gunfighter is in town. Soon enough, Books' old enemies with scores to settle come looking, and the town's local gambler is intrigued with the idea of making a name for himself as the Man Who Shot [[John Wayne]], uh J.B. Books...
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