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20 August 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
He's got to face a gunfight once more to live up to his legend once more. To win just one more time.Plot:
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(7 articles)
John Wayne Rides Again…in a Direct-to-dvd Sci-Fi Western (From Screen Rant. 11 July 2009, 7:16 AM, PDT)
John Wayne’s Unseen Final Film — A Sci-Fi Western — Will Finally Be Released
(From MTV Movies Blog. 9 July 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)
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A ( Late ) Discovery moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Wayne | ... | J.B.Books aka John Bernard Books | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Bond Rogers | |
| Ron Howard | ... | Gillom Rogers | |
| James Stewart | ... | Dr. E.W. Hostetler | |
| Richard Boone | ... | Mike Sweeney | |
| Hugh O'Brian | ... | Jack Pulford (faro dealer at Metropole Saloon) | |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Jay Cobb (owner, Cob's Creamery) | |
| Harry Morgan | ... | Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido | |
| John Carradine | ... | Hezekiah Beckum (undertaker) | |
| Sheree North | ... | Serepta (Books' ex-girlfriend) | |
| Rick Lenz | ... | Dan Dobkins (reporter, 'Morning Appeal') (as Richard Lenz) | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Moses Brown (liveryman) | |
| Gregg Palmer | ... | Burly man | |
| Alfred Dennis | ... | Barber | |
| Dick Winslow | ... | Streetcar driver |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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The name of Scatman Crothers's character, Moses Brown, is an allusion to the McCandles Ranch cook played by Bill Walker in Big Jake (1971). moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Sweeney is coming at Books with the table in front of him, the squib detonation wires are visible on the floor. The same wires are seen when Books falls to the floor after being shot by the bartender, and when Gillom shoots the bartender the second time. moreQuotes:
Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido: Hey, Books; did you hear what happened at the Metropole last night? Faro dealer, Pulford, shot a man clean through the heart at eighty paces. Maybe you should go to the Metropole, let Pulford deal you a game of cards. moreSoundtrack:
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I have always admired John Wayne, the man the actor, his politics, films and the rest. However I did not know about this film ! I discovered it on a DVD recently and bought it straight off. I was certainly not disappointed. Sound and vision had been restored and the picture quality was awesome, as though it had been made yesterday. The theme music was both haunting and catching ! But above all the ACTING in this film was really FIRST RATE ! One of his best performances but also an EXCELLENT performance from Lauren Bacall and Ron Howard.
Although I knew JW was taken off to heaven by cancer, I read that he actually was in its throes when the film was made. Whether this is true or just legendary, I don't know but it's pretty ironic all the same !! The film is sad, funny, tender, witty, beautiful all in one go. Some of the dialogues are just out of this world. I was so happy to have discovered it. It's less a typical western than a man's reflection upon the end of his life.
To me, John Wayne will always represent what true American values are all about, and this film, on all levels is the most fitting end to his career that anyone could have dreamed of.