#42. The Shootist (1976)

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Paramount Pictures

– Director: Don Siegel

– Metascore: 77

– Runtime: 100 minutes

John Bernard Books led a long life as a talented shootist, but now is suffering from cancer and searching for the best way to die. Books was John Wayne’s final film role; he himself died of stomach cancer a few years after the film was released.