The Shootist follows an older gunfighter named J.B. Books (Wayne) in 20th Century Nevada. He goes to see a local doctor, who gives him the bad news that he has cancer and not much longer to live.

John Wayne's final Western The Shootist could have ranked alongside Unforgiven had the star stuck to the original book. John Wayne fronted over 80 Westerns throughout his career and he was happily ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

Wayne had a series of changes that he wanted to make to The Shootist after he finished filming. As a result, director Dong Siegel finally gave in, allowing the actor the opportunity to reshoot some of ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...