According to IMDb, Wayne convinced Stewart to join The Shootist for a small cameo role as Dr. Hostetler. The 1976 Western movie follows the notorious shootist named J.B. Books (Wayne), who arrives in Carson City, Nevada. However, after a visit with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1976, John Wayne was at the tail end of his career and his life. He left behind one final film, a western that mirrored his final days. It's called The Shootist. The movie had quite a ...

An eternal quest for cinematic gems hidden in the weekly TV listings: John Wayne in 1976's 'The Shootist.' What: "The Shootist," John Wayne's last film, a 1976 Western eulogy about a terminally ill gunfighter who has a few scores to settle before going ...

'The Shootist' was one of John Wayne's best performances, but he didn't earn an Oscar nomination. Here's how he responded to those initially outraged by the lack of acknowledgment. Before starring in The Shootist, Wayne originally started his career in ...

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 from a misspent youth of watching monster movies on TV ...

John Wayne played more than 100 larger-than-life characters, and one of the best was the last role he ever stepped into.