The Shootist (1976)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Don Siegel

Escritores:

Glendon Swarthout (novel)
Miles Hood Swarthout (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 agosto 1976 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Gunfighter | Dignity | Marshal | Death | Room

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Another John Wayne masterpiece!

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

El último pistolero (Spain) [es]
El pistolero (Spain) [es]

Duración:

100 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

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:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Carson City, Nevada, USA

Compañía:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivialidades:

John Wayne fell ill during the production and was hospitalized for a fortnight. It was uncertain at one point whether the film would actually be completed.

Errores:

Continuidad: Before we see The Barber cutting J.B. Books' hair in the barbershop, the same character is working as a bartender at the Metropole when Jack Pulford shoots the unhappy gambler from across the barroom.

Citas:

John Bernard Books: [after Gillom tells him that Pulford and Cobb will be at the Metropole the next day] What about the other one, Mike Sweeney?
Gillom Rogers: Now you watch out for him, Mr. Books. He's mean, and he hates you.
John Bernard Books: Well, we'll see if we can't clear that up tomorrow.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Willow, Tit Willow

Another John Wayne masterpiece!

The legendary John Wayne gives a fantastic understated performance as J.B. Books an aging gunfighter suffering from stomach cancer and looking to live out the final days of his life in peace. Of course, the entire existence of the gunfighter is predicated on the inevitability that once you reach top there is always going to be someone looking to knock you off your pedestal. Here that means J.B.'s retirement won't be so peaceful. Besides this plot point, there is the mature twilight romance between J.B. and Bond (Lauren Bacall) and his mentor relationship with Gillom (Ron Howard). James Stewart (who co-starred with Wayne in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) puts in a cameo as J.B.'s physician. Recommended.