Cahill U.S. Marshal

Cahill U.S. Marshal

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Cahill U.S. Marshal
DVD Cover for Cahill U.S. Marshal
Directed by	Andrew V. McLaglen
Produced by	Michael Wayne
Written by	Barney Slater (story) Harry Julian Fink (screenplay)
Starring	John Wayne George Kennedy Neville Brand Marie Windsor
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc
Editing by	Robert L. Simpson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	July 11, 1973 (1973-07-11)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,100,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Cahill U.S. Marshal is a 1973 American Western film in Technicolor.^[2] It stars John Wayne as a driven lawman in a black hat. The movie was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and filmed on location in Durango, Mexico.

Contents [show] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links

Plot [edit]

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While J.D. Cahill (John Wayne), a widower and U.S. Marshal, is away from home, his two sons Danny (Gary Grimes) and Billy (Clay O'Brien) aid Abe Fraser (George Kennedy) and his gang to escape from jail and to rob a bank. The town's sheriff is shot and killed during the robbery. Billy hides the stolen money while his brother and the rest of the gang return to locked jail cells as an alibi. When Cahill returns, he and Danny look for the perpetrators with the help of half-Comanche tracker Lightfoot (Neville Brand). Cahill arrests four suspects and although they are innocent, they are found guilty and scheduled to be hanged. Eventually, Cahill's sons try to return the gang's share of the money to Fraser, resulting in a showdown between Cahill, his sons and Lightfoot on one side and Fraser's gang on the other.

Cast [edit]

• John Wayne as U.S. Marshal J.D. Cahill
• George Kennedy as Abe Fraser
• Gary Grimes as Danny Cahill
• Neville Brand as Lightfoot
• Clay O'Brien as Billy Joe "Budger" Cahill
• Marie Windsor as Mrs. Hetty Green
• Morgan Paull as Struther
• Dan Vadis as Brownie
• Royal Dano as MacDonald
• Scott Walker as Ben Tildy
• Denver Pyle as Denver
• Jackie Coogan as Charlie Smith
• Rayford Barnes as Pee Wee Simser
• Dan Kemp as Joe Meehan
• Harry Carey, Jr. as Hank
• Walter Barnes as Sheriff Grady
• Paul Fix as Old Man
• Pepper Martin as Hard Case
• Vance Davis as Negro
• Kenneth Wolger as Boy (as Ken Wolger)
• Hank Worden as Albert, Valentine Stationmaster
• James Nusser as Doctor Jones
• Murray MacLeod as Deputy Sheriff Gordine
• Hunter von Leer as Deputy Sheriff Jim Kane

Production [edit]

The film was produced by John Wayne's production company Batjac Productions and shot on location in Durango, Mexico.