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The Cowboys (1972)

Poster for The Cowboys

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Cast & Crew

Director
Mark Rydell
  • Profile picture of John Wayne
    Wil Andersen John Wayne
  • Profile picture of Roscoe Lee Browne
    Jebediah Nightlinger Roscoe Lee Browne
  • Profile picture of Bruce Dern
    Long Hair Bruce Dern
  • Profile picture of Colleen Dewhurst
    Kate Colleen Dewhurst
  • Profile picture of Alfred Barker Jr.
    Cowboy Fats Alfred Barker Jr.
  • Profile picture of Nicolas Beauvy
    Cowboy Dan Nicolas Beauvy
  • Profile picture of Steve Benedict
    Cowboy Steve Steve Benedict
  • Profile picture of Robert Carradine
    Cowboy Slim Honeycutt Robert Carradine

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  • montana
  • ranch
  • beef
  • cattle drive
  • underage drinking
  • gun battle
  • cattle
  • schoolboy
  • cattleman
  • cattle rustling
  • kids on their own
  • cattle stampede