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The Shootist (1976) John Wayne as J.B. Books. Carson City Marshal Walter Thibido : Now, I checked my bulletins before I come over and didn't find nothing I can hold you for, but I want you out of town - directly, today. John Bernard Books : Maybe I'm not so inclined.
Books has in the past killed thirty men in gunfights and has become a legend of the West, but this hard-won status has brought him unwelcome attention from would-be gunslingers hoping to gain their own place in history as `the man who shot J B Books'.
An aging gunfighter, JB Books (John Wayne), rides into town. His deeds are infamous and, despite his age, he is still feared and, by some, revered. However, Books is dying of cancer and has about two months to live.
Throughout his life, sheriff-turned-gunfighter John Bernard "J.B." Books has committed thirty-plus killings. Now an older man, Books arrives in Carson City, Nevada, in late January 1901. He gets into a confrontation with dairyman Jay Cobb, but Cobb's assistant, Gillom Rogers, defuses the situation.
John Bernard "J. B." Brooks is the central character in the 1976 film The Shootist. At the beginning of the film, he learns from a trusted friend, Dr. E. W. "Doc" Hostetler (played by James Stewart) that he has cancer. He spends most the rest of the film getting his affairs in order and...
3 Οκτ 2024 · Something key to note about the character of JB Books is how he bucks the trope of older gunfighters being repentant. Instead, the shootist stands by his past deeds, stating he never killed anyone who didn't deserve it.
The Duke excels in his final screen role as J B Books, feared and admired for thirty years as one of the West's greatest gunslingers. Stopping off in a small town to seek advice about the searing pains in his back, Books is diagnosed by the local doctor as having terminal cancer.
