The iconic, career-ending death scene that John Wayne filmed for The Shootist nearly happened 26 years earlier, via a 1950 Western film.

Along With John Ford and John Wayne, an Early Stuntman, Enos ‘Yakima’ Canutt, Helped Make 1939’s ‘Stagecoach’ an Enduring Masterwork Canutt put life and limb at risk in two key scenes, without which ...