The Shootist (1976) was John Wayne's last film. It was directed by Don Siegel and is based on a 1975 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout. The supporting cast includes Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, and Scatman Crothers. read more
It was known that it might be Wayne’s last film, so there’s a remarkable supporting cast – above all James Stewart in a fine cameo as the Carson City doctor (Wayne and Stewart had co-starred in Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)), but also Lauren Bacall and the young Ron Howard (who would go on to direct Apollo 13 and Frost/Nixon) – as well as the great western veteran Richard Boone. read more
Along with being Wayne's last movie, it is also the seventh movie in which his character is killed. The seven movies are: Reap the Wild Wind, 1942 Fighting Seabees, 1944 Wake of the Red Witch, 1948 Sands of Iwo Jima, 1949 The Alamo, 1960 The Cowboys, 1972 The Shootist, 1976 The Man who shot Liberty Valance doesn't count. read more