Storyline

John Books an aging gunfighter goes to see a doctor he knows for a second opinion after another doctor told him he has a cancer which is terminal. The doctor confirms what the other said. He says Books has a month maybe two left. He takes a room in the boarding house and the son of the woman who runs it recognizes him and tells his mother who he is. She doesn't like his kind but when he tells her of his condition, she empathizes. Her son wants him to teach him how to use a gun. Books tries to tell him that killing is not something he wants to live with. Books, not wanting to go through the agony of dying from cancer, tries to find a quicker way to go.

Plot Keywords

lead actor's last film, tucson arizona, el paso texas, reference to arizona, tragic hero, dark hero, western town, opening action scene, revolver, six shooter, colt .45, teacher student relationship, bar fight, stylized violence, legendary hero, hero, death of title character, undertaker, u.s. marshal, streetcar

Short Review

Simply beautiful, and beautifully simple.

Trailer

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