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John Wayne | Cahill U.S. Marshal | 1973 | 20.5″ x 60″ Vintage Door Panel Poster is a Western Classic. This original 1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal movie poster—a rare and striking 20.5″ x 60″ vintage door panel featuring John Wayne at the height of his legendary career. The film showcased Wayne alongside Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, and an outstanding supporting cast, all under the direction of Andrew V. McLaglen.
By the 1970s, Wayne had cemented his legacy as cinema’s ultimate Western icon. True Grit had won him his sole Oscar for Best Actor just four years earlier, and Cahill U.S. Marshal proved he still had plenty of steel left in his six guns. The New York Times had called him “an almost perfect father figure,” and this role perfectly captured that commanding presence.
Wayne will be remembered most as the quintessential Western star who carried his six guns longer and fired straighter than anyone who ever plied his trade in the wild west.
At the end of the 1960s, Wayne returned to westerns with The Undefeated (1969) and True Grit (1969). For the latter,
Wayne was awarded his sole Oscar for Best Actor. During the 1970s, some of Wayne’s best work included Cahill U.S.
Marshall (1973); Brannigan and Rooster Cogburn (1975); and The Shootist (1976). In his review of The Cowboys (1972),
New York Times critic, Vincent Canby, stated that “Wayne is, of course, marvelously indestructible and he has become an
almost perfect father figure.”
This is a door panel poster—a special format that’s harder to find than standard one-sheets. The linen backing and original lithograph printing make this a genuine piece of Western cinema history. It’s the kind of poster serious collectors hunt for. Every poster includes a Free Certificate of Authenticity in your shipment.
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