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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin E G Perry

Ron Howard recalls ‘uncomfortable’ John Wayne experience on set of final movie

Ron Howard has recalled being put in the “uncomfortable” position of watching John Wayne spar with director Don Siegel on the set of the 1976 Western The Shootist.

The Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind director, 72, was just 22 and at the height of his Happy Days fame when he starred alongside Wayne and Lauren Bacall in the drama about an aging gunfighter.

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