John Wayne Highlands, fierce fighters against communism, bestowed on Wayne a brass bracelet that he wore in the film and all subsequent films. Wayne finally won a Best Actor Oscar for "True Grit" (1969), two decades after his only other nomination. Wayne took on the role of the eponymous detective in the crime drama "McQ" (1974). His last film was "The Shootist" (1976), whose main character, J. B. Books, was dying of cancer—which Wayne himself succumbed to three years later. "The Shootist" (1976) contains numerous plot similarities to "The Gunfighter" of nearly thirty years before, a role which Wayne had wanted but
Rogue Male (1976 film) TV outside the UK and on DVD there. In an interview with Francine Stock for BBC Radio 4's Film Programme in 2007, Peter O'Toole named this film as his favourite from his long career. Rogue Male (1976 film) Rogue Male is a 1976 British television film starring Peter O'Toole, based on Geoffrey Household's novel "Rogue Male". Made by the BBC, it was adapted by Frederic Raphael and directed by Clive Donner, and also stars Alastair Sim, John Standing and Harold Pinter. It was first transmitted on 22 September 1976. In early 1939, before the start of the Second World War,