Cahill U.S. Marshal

Original title: Cahill: United States Marshal

1973
PG
1h 43m

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6.4/10

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John Wayne in Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973)

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Drama Western

A tough Marshal has a difficult task when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.A tough Marshal has a difficult task when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.A tough Marshal has a difficult task when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

7.4K

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Trivia
John Wayne was sixty-five years old at the time the movie was filmed. He had had a cancerous lung removed in 1964, and was suffering from emphysema in his remaining lung. Wayne was so weakened that he had to use a stepladder to climb onto his horse in the film. In addition to his own declining health, news that his friend and mentor, John Ford, was dying of cancer forced the actor to consider his own mortality. After Ford's death in August, 1973, Wayne told reporters, "I'm pretty much living on borrowed time."

Goofs
After Cahill catches onto his sons' involvement in the bank robbery, he and Lightfoot watch the boys as they're fishing. After the boys have traveled a while in the buckboard, the two men are seen watching the boys again from afar. The medium shot of Wayne and Brand shows that they're sitting on their horses in the very place from which they had been watching the boys fishing.

Quotes
Lightfoot: Give me my five dollars. If you get shot tonight, I'll disappear. Oh, I'll come back and bury you... and mumble something Christian over your grave.
J.D. Cahill: Lightfoot, your kindness overwhelms me.

Connections
Featured in The Man Behind the Star (1973)

Soundtracks
A Man Gets to Thinkin'
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Lyrics by Don Black
Sung by Charlie Rich (courtesy of Epic Records)

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6/10

Not one of Wayne's finest films

This is a typically glossy late John Wayne western. Wayne plays Cahill a US Marshall whose job has meant that he has somewhat neglected his kids. When they decide to rob a bank with the help of George Kennedy and his gang they find themselves in trouble.

John Wayne looks pretty tired in this although he still has a great screen presence. The film is essentially about a man's relationship with his sons and as such there is relatively little action. This is itself is no bad thing but it's just that the plot is a little too thin to carry the film. As a result it's just intermittently interesting mainly when George Kennedy is on screen.

This is John Wayne in reflective mood but it's just not comparable to his great performance in the brilliant 'The Shootist'.

Overall although watchable there's just not enough of interest here to make this anything but an average western.