Cahill U.S. Marshal - wikipedia Cahill U.S. Marshal 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 ) Screenplay by Harry Julian Fink Rita M. Fink Starring John Wayne George Kennedy Neville Brand Marie Windsor Music by Elmer Bernstein Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc Edited by Robert L. Simpson Production company Batjac Productions Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date July 11, 1973 ( 1973 - 07 - 11 ) Running time 103 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $3,100,000 ( US / Canada rentals ) Cahill U.S. Marshal is a 1973 American Western film in Technicolor starring John Wayne as a driven lawman in a black hat. The film was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and filmed on location in Durango, Mexico. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Plot 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. While on the tracks of the kids, Cahill and Lightfoot are ambushed by Brownie ( Dan Vadis ). Lightfoot hurts him but is eventually killed. Cahill 's sons try to return the gang 's share of the money to Fraser, resulting in a showdown between Cahill and his boys on one side and Fraser 's gang on the other. Cast 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 ( Fraser 's Gang ) Dan Vadis as Brownie ( Fraser 's Gang ) 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 the black man 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 The film was produced by John Wayne 's production company Batjac Productions and shot on location in Durango, Mexico. Reception In a 1975 interview with writer Tony Macklin for Film Heritage, Wayne said the film had `` a good theme '' but `` was n't a well - done picture '' because it `` needed better writing '' and `` a little more care in the making. '' See also List of American films of 1973 John Wayne filmography References Jump up ^ `` Big Rental Films of 1973 '', Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19 Jump up ^ Variety film review ; June 20, 1973. Jump up ^ `` Cahill U.S. Marshal ''. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Jump up ^ Canby, Vincent ( July 12, 1973 ). `` Cahill United States Marshal ( 1973 ) Film : ' Cahill, United States Marshal ' Stars Wayne ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Eyles, Allen ( 1979 ). John Wayne. A.S. Barnes. p. 329. ISBN 978 - 0498024870. Jump up ^ Macklin, Tony ( February 15, 2009 ). `` Audio Interview with John Wayne ''. Retrieved July 28, 2015. External links Cahill U.S. Marshal on IMDb Cahill U.S. Marshal at the TCM Movie Database Cahill U.S. Marshal at AllMovie Cahill United States Marshal at the American Film Institute Catalog Films directed by Andrew V. McLaglen Man in the Vault ( 1956 ) Gun the Man Down ( 1956 ) The Abductors ( 1957 ) Freckles ( 1960 ) The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come ( 1961 ) McLintock ! ( 1963 ) Shenandoah ( 1965 ) The Rare Breed ( 1966 ) The Ballad of Josie ( 1967 ) Monkeys, Go Home ! ( 1967 ) The Way West ( 1967 ) The Devil 's Brigade ( 1968 ) Bandolero ! ( 1968 ) Hellfighters ( 1968 ) The Undefeated ( 1969 ) Chisum ( 1970 ) One More Train to Rob ( 1971 ) Fools ' Parade ( 1971 ) Something Big ( 1971 ) Cahill U.S. Marshal ( 1973 ) Stowaway to the Moon ( 1975 ) Mitchell ( 1975 ) The Last Hard Men ( 1976 ) Murder at the World Series ( 1977 ) The Wild Geese ( 1978 ) North Sea Hijack ( 1979 ) Breakthrough ( 1979 ) The Sea Wolves ( 1980 ) The Shadow Riders ( 1982 ) Sahara ( 1983 ) The Dirty Dozen : Next Mission ( 1985 ) Return from the River Kwai ( 1989 ) Eye of the Widow ( 1991 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cahill_U.S._Marshal&oldid=780243048 '' Categories : 1973 films English - language films 1970s Western ( genre ) films Batjac Productions films Warner Bros. films American Western ( genre ) films American sequel films Film scores by Elmer Bernstein Films directed by Andrew McLaglen Films produced by John Wayne American films Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Português Edit links This page was last edited on 13 May 2017, at 20 : 39. 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Question: where was the movie cahill us marshal filmed
Answer: Durango, Mexico