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What were the last spoken in movie chisum starring john Wayne?

While John Wayne's character, "Jebediah "Jeb" Chisum", speaks the final line in the movie "Chisum", it is not exactly a last "spoken" line. Instead, it's a *sung* line.

After the climactic showdown, Jeb is sitting on a porch with his wife, played by Patricia Neal. As they watch the sun setting, Jeb sings a couplet of a folk song:

*"The sun is going down on the plains,

And my cattle are in,

You'll never know what this freedom means

Until you've been in it, you've been in it..."*

He doesn't finish the song, instead, the scene fades to black.

So, technically, the last *spoken* line in the movie is not from John Wayne, but is the final line of dialogue spoken by Patricia Neal, who says "Well, that's all I need." just before the scene where Jeb sings.

However, the last line *heard* in the movie is the sung line, which makes it arguably the most memorable "last line" of the film.

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