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<html> <head> <title>The Shootist</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Shootist <nobr>(11-Aug-1976)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-shootist-1.jpg" height=220 width=145 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/880/000043751/">Don Siegel</a><p><b>Writers:</b> Scott Hale; Miles Hood Swarthout<p><b>From novel:</b> <i>The Shootist</i> by <a href="/people/312/000281466/">Glendon Swarthout</a><p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/693/000083444/">Western</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p>A notorious but elderly gunfighter is diagnosed with a cancer and takes a room at a local boarding house to finish his days. But rather than suffer a slow and painful death, he must craft an ending suitable to the stature of his legend. This is <a href="/people/605/000023536/">John Wayne</a>'s final film.<p> <span style="color: blue" onClick="show_trailer()">[watch trailer]</div><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000022917/"><font size=-1>Lauren Bacall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Sep-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-2014</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Key Largo</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000103381/"><font size=-1>Richard Boone</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Have Gun, Will Travel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000026384/"><font size=-1>John Carradine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Feb-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-1988</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>In over 200 B movies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/806/000022740/"><font size=-1>Scatman Crothers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Nov-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz musician and actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000025290/"><font size=-1>Ron Howard</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Richie Cunningham on <i>Happy Days</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000131021/"><font size=-1>Bill McKinney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Dec-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Deliverance</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000022647/"><font size=-1>Harry Morgan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Apr-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Dec-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Col. Sherman T. Potter on <i>M*A*S*H</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000107744/"><font size=-1>Sheree North</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Nov-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>How to Be Very, Very Popular</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/341/000109014/"><font size=-1>Hugh O'Brian</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Apr-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-2016</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/455/000278618/"><font size=-1>Gregg Palmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Rebel Set</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000132758/"><font size=-1>Melody Thomas Scott</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Young and the Restless</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/659/000026581/"><font size=-1>Jimmy Stewart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-May-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jul-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/605/000023536/"><font size=-1>John Wayne</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Duke</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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