The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972
2h 14m
7.1

7.1/10

261 votes • View on IMDb
Western Adventure Drama Action

"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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Status: Released

Budget: $6,000,000

Revenue: $7,500,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sanford Productions (III) Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

based on novel or book montana ranch beef cattle drive underage drinking gun battle cattle schoolboy cattleman cattle rustling kids on their own cattle stampede

Quick Facts

Release Date January 13, 1972
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0068421

Cast

John Wayne
John Wayne

Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne

Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern

Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst

Kate

Alfred Barker Jr.
Alfred Barker Jr.

Cowboy Fats

Nicolas Beauvy
Nicolas Beauvy

Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict
Steve Benedict

Cowboy Steve

Robert Carradine
Robert Carradine

Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell
Norman Howell

Cowboy Weedy

Stephen R. Hudis
Stephen R. Hudis

Cowboy Charlie Schwartz

Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly

Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez
A Martinez

Cowboy Cimarron

Key Crew

Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
Mark Rydell
Director
William Dale Jennings
Screenplay
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
Mark Rydell
Producer