A collection of John Wayne western films. Set Year 2007 Video Release 2007 05 22 Studio Paramount Genre Western MPAA Rating Not Rated Color Color Runtime 1028 Animated Live Action Full Synopsis THE SHOOTIST About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler James Stewart tells aging western gunfighter John Bernard Books John Wayne You have a cancer. Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of duty. In his remaining two months, Books settles scores with old enemies, including gambler Pulford Hugh O'Brian and Marshall Thibido Harry Morgan and reaches out to new friends including feisty widow Lauren Bacall and her hero worshipping son Ron Howard . In the end, is shot to death, but in so doing he is able to dissuade another from following his blood stained example. Throughout the film, Book's imminent demise is compared with the decline of the west, as represented by the automobiles and streetcars that have begun to blight the main street of Wayne's home town. It is unknown if John Wayne was aware that he was dying of cancer when he agreed to film The Shootist; whatever the case, the film is a powerful valedictory to a remarkable man and a fabulous career. THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER Henry Hathaway directs the 1965 psychological Western The Sons of Katie Elder. Four sons reunite in their Texas hometown to attend their mother's funeral. John John Wayne is the gunfighter, Tom Dean Martin is the gambler, Matt Earl Holliman is the quiet one, and Bud Michael Anderson Jr. is the youngest. They soon learn that their father gambled away the family ranch, leading to his own murder. The brothers decide to find their father's killer and get back the ranch, even though they are discouraged to do so by local Sheriff Billy Wilson Paul Fix . When the sheriff turns up dead, the Elder boys are blamed for the murder. Deputy Sheriff Ben Latta Jeremy Slate joins forces with the only witnesses of the murder Morgan Hastings James Gregory and his son Dave Dennis Hopper . A gunfight breaks out between the Hastings gang and the Elder gang. After his brother Matt is killed, John decides to settle the ranch dispute in a court of law with a judge Sheldon Allman . However, Tom decides to take matters into his own hands by kidnapping Dave. After the final climactic gunfight, John and the wounded Bud retreat to a rooming house owned by Mary Gordon Martha Hyer . TRUE GRIT In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger than life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl Kim Darby to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger Glen Campbell joins the party. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild ac...