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The Shootist
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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