Books (John Wayne) enters the saloon to find the three men at different tables. Books orders a drink, toasting his birthday and his three guests. Sweeney, Cobb, and Pulford, respectively, and separately each try to kill Books. Despite being shot in the arm, he kills them. A crowd gathers in the street, having heard the gunshots. Gillom arrives and warns Books too late, as the Metropole's bartender shoots Books in the back, mortally wounding him.
True. But he was already dying of cancer as in real life.
#46 Nope, it was a guy named Howard that shot him in the back.... 🤠
Gillom arrives and warns Books too late, as the Metropole’s bartender shoots Books in the back, mortally wounding him.