The Shootist

The Shootist is a 1976 American Western film directed by Don Siegel and based on Glendon Swarthout's 1975 novel of the same name. It is the late John Wayne's final film role, before his death in 1979. The screenplay was written by the late Miles Hood Swarthout (the son of the author) and the late Scott Hale. The supporting cast includes the late Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, the late James Stewart, the late Richard Boone, the late Hugh O'Brian, the late Harry Morgan, the late John Carradine, the late Sheree North, the late Scatman Crothers, and Rick Lenz.

J.B. Books (John Wayne, in his final film role) is an aging gunfighter diagnosed with cancer who comes to Nevada at the turn of the 20th century. Renting a room from widowed Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son Gillom (Ron Howard), Books is confronted by several people of questionable motives, including a man seeking to avenge his brother's death and a few who are looking to profit from Books' notoriety. Not wanting to die a quiet, painful death, Books devises a plan to go out with a bang.

Victims

• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Two Unnamed Bandits - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by an officer.
• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Horse - Died of an unknown cause off-screen, body seen.
• Unnamed Bandit - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books, bled to death later.
• Two Unnamed Men - Killed by John Bernard "J.B." Books off-screen, mentioned.
• 10,585 Unnamed People - Died of unknown causes off-screen, mentioned.
• 11 Unnamed Men - Killed by John Bernard "J.B." Books off-screen, mentioned.
• Albert Sweeney - Killed by John Bernard "J.B." Books off-screen, mentioned.
• Unnamed Man - Shot by Jack Puford.
• Bond Rogers's Husband - Died of a stroke off-screen, mentioned.
• Ben Throp - Shot in the head by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Nathan - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Mike Sweeney - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Jack Pulford - Shot by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Jay Cobb - Shot in the head by John Bernard "J.B." Books.
• Murray - Shot by Gillom Rogers.
• John Bernard "J.B." Books - Shot in the back by Murray, bled to death.

Deaths

• Total - 10,623
  • 10,622 Humans
    • 10,585 Unknown Genders
    • 36 Men
    • 1 Woman
  • 1 Animal
    • All Horses

Kill Counts

1. John Bernard "J.B." Books - 26 (Deceased)
2. Gillom Rogers - 1
3. George Stevenson - 1
4. James Brooks - 1
5. Jack Puford - 1 (Deceased)
6. Murray - 1 (Deceased)

Notes

• The deaths of Queen Alexandrina Victoria, William "Wild Bill" Hickok, Jack McCall,John Wesley Hardin, John Selman, and George Scarborough will not becounted since they happend in real life.

Trivia

• John Wayne's final film.
• Along with Big Jake (1971) it is John Wayne's most violent film.