Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.
- sniper
- based on novel or book
- widow
- nevada
- retirement
- terminal illness
- aging
- dying man
- gunfight
- boarding house
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Richard Boone — Mike Sweeney
- Hugh O'Brian — Jack Pulford
- Bill McKinney — Jay Cobb
- Harry Morgan — Marshall Thibido
- John Carradine — Beckum
- Sheree North — Serepta
- Rick Lenz — Dobkins
- Scatman Crothers — Moses
- Gregg Palmer — Burly Man
- Alfred Dennis — Barber
- Dick Winslow — Streetcar Driver
- Directed
- Don Siegel
- Written
- Scott Hale, Miles Hood Swarthout
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 393 ratings
- Studio
- The De Laurentiis Company, Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
