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The Shootist

CastJohn Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Bill McKinney
Year released1976
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Reporter Dan Dobkins tells gunfighter JB Books, "... then I’d delve into the psychological aspects... Do you, uh, brood after the deed is done...?" (0:27)

Dr. Hostetler tells Books, "They called that laudanum, a solution of opium and alcohol."
Books: ”Opium, that can be a habit.”
Hostetler: ”Why, absolutely, an addiction.”
”... it's the most potent pain-killer we've got.”
Referring to the pain: ”No drug will moderate it. If you're lucky, you’ll lose consciousness...” (0:29)

Books answers landlady Bond Rogers, "Laudanum."
Rogers: ”That's habit forming, isn't it?” (0:34)

Books tells Bond, referring to her son Gilliom, "And he worries you."
Bond: ”Don't you have enough worries of your own?” (0:40)

Bond tells Books, "That's what worries me, John Bernard..."
Books: ”What worried me was survival.” (0:42)

Gillom tells Books, "... and now Ma's worried about losing the house." (0:54)

Books tells Bond, "I'm full of laudanum." (1:05)

Bond tells Books, "... laudanum..."
Books: ”Tomorrow... I want you to promise there'll be no questions, no surmises, no woman's intuition...” (1:18)

Gillom covers Books’ lifeless body. (1:36)

Reference in The Irishman

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