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Film · 1976 · Western
The Shootist
Directed by Don Siegel
1976
★ 3.8 editorial score
John Wayne's last film has him playing a gunfighter running out of time, which he knew he was: Don Siegel shot it plainly, and the whole genre says goodbye at once.
“Toward the end of his career, Wayne often played parts trading self-consciously on his star image..."The Shootist", based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout, is the culmination of this reflective, retrospective tendency. It was known that it might be Wayne’s last film, so there’s a remarkable supporting cast..."The Shootist" is a fitting memorial to a great star – and leaves his image indelibly fixed on our imagination.”
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