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To: Drew68
No again.   This is from the film "The Shootist":
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.

46 posted on 02/24/2026 8:56:39 AM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister

True. But he was already dying of cancer as in real life.


58 posted on 02/24/2026 10:10:42 AM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: higgmeister

#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.


69 posted on 02/25/2026 3:40:38 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Making money now. Still want much more.)
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