Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

gkhege The Duke was around 65 when he made this movie so it's understandable why he is not seen rolling around or jumping off horses. He himself never thought this movie was well written. I think he just loved to make movies. I have read many of the viewers reviews and wonder why some of them never get it. The topic is, Add a review not tell everyone what the movie is about. As with all John Wayne movies, you can watch them with your kids without the worries of naked bodies or four letter words filling the air or the floor. We miss you Duke...

Wuchak Released in 1973 and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, "Cahill United States Marshal" is a Western starring John Wayne as the titular marshal and Neville Brand as his half-Native tracker in the Southwest. Widower Cahill is so busy with his work that he's neglectful of his two sons, 10 and 17, and thus they veer toward delinquency, hooking up with a group of ne'er-do-wells (led by George Kennedy). After getting away with robbing a bank, the sons must deal with the moral conundrum of a (dubious) group of men being hanged for a crime they didn't commit.The Duke had some great or near great Westerns in the final two decades of his career (e.g. "The Horse Soldiers," "The Alamo," "The Comancheros," "El Dorado," "True Grit," "The Cowboys," "The Train Robbers" and "Rooster Cogburn"), but "Cahill" isn't one of 'em. While I appreciate that Wayne tried to do something different by having the story focus on the ramifications of his neglected kids, the movie simply isn't very compelling and the boys aren't interesting as characters. It doesn't help that Kennedy is decidedly cartoony as the villain. Disregarding the awesome Western locations, the storytelling smacks of a 60s or 70's TV show Western.Yet, if you're a Duke fan, "Cahill" is mandatory viewing. The relationship between Cahill and the tracker (Brand) is a highlight, as is the Western scenery. Speaking of the latter, the movie is further hampered by three nighttime sequences obviously shot in the studio, which appear at the beginning, middle and end, but that's a minor cavil.The film runs 103 minutes and was shot in Sonora, Mexico; Arizona; and Calderon Ranch, California. The screenplay was written by Harry & Rita Fink based on Barney Slater's story.GRADE: C

MattyGibbs 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.

LeonLouisRicci One of the many Stereotypical Westerns that John Wayne made in His Waning Years. The Exceptions being True Grit (1969) and the Curtain Call, an Excellent Film, The Shootist (1976), Directed by the Great Don Siegel.In this one Wayne tries Half-Heartedly to Soften His Racist Image and the Conservative Persona by Inserting a Native-American as His Tracking Buddy and ONE SCENE where He swats His Son for dissing a "Squaw".Of course, none of this Contrived Apology would do anything to curry favor from His Detractors who were on the "Warpath" in 1970's America.The Film looks good with an Overrated and Pedestrian Score from Elmer Bernstein and a number of Familiar Faces. The Movie isn't much more than a rehashed Story of Fatherly Neglect and Rebellious Youth.It contains a few Scenes of the "New" but Toned Down Action (Wayne would have none of that new fangled Ultra-Violence), but the Story is so Heavy-Handed it gets Bogged Down at times as it labors on and on with its "Message".Worth a Watch for Wayne Fans but others can Skip-It.