The Cowboys (1972)
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.
- Released
- 1972-01-13
- Genres
- Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Irving Ravetch, Mark Rydell, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank Jr.
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 278 votes
Cast
- John Wayne as Wil Andersen
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger
- Bruce Dern as Long Hair
- Colleen Dewhurst as Kate
- Alfred Barker Jr. as Cowboy Fats
- Nicolas Beauvy as Cowboy Dan
- Steve Benedict as Cowboy Steve
- Robert Carradine as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
- Norman Howell as Cowboy Weedy
- Stephen R. Hudis as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
- Sean Kelly as Cowboy Stuttering Bob
- A Martinez as Cowboy Cimarron