The Cowboys

The Cowboys

Western · 1972 · 2h 14m

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

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

John WayneWil Andersen
Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger
Bruce DernLong Hair
Colleen DewhurstKate
Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats
Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan
Steve BenedictCowboy Steve
Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman HowellCowboy Weedy
Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie Schwartz
Sean KellyCowboy Stuttering Bob
A MartinezCowboy Cimarron
Clay O'BrienCowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam O'BrienCowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike PyeattCowboy Homer Weems

Information

Release date
13 January 1972
Director
Mark Rydell
Genres
Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Runtime
2h 14m
Country of origin
United States

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