The Shootist, is my all time favorite JW movie. with True Grit, The Cowboys, and Big Jake following very closely behind.
What a classic scene in Shootist when Books is in the Barber shop and the undertaker comes in and expresses regret at first for Books impending demise...while simultaneously applying good old fashioned turn of the century capitalism in an attempt to be the final guardian of Books' remains...and even more delicious is when Books calls him on it and shoves it back in his face...
Books: "I admire a man with get up and go"
Undertaker: "The early bird gets the worm"
...
After Books stuffs it in his face for anticipating the windfall the undertaker will make on Books' notoriety...he squeezes the undertaker for 50 bucks...and charges him for the privilege of burying him..
Meanwhile Books has no problem conceding the barber the locks of hair on the floor...
Classic Wayne
