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The Cowboys (1972)

2h 14m · 13 Jan 1972

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

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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.

Movie ID81533
GenreAction, Adventure, Drama, Western
DirectorMark Rydell
Main castJohn Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Robert Carradine
Release date13 January 1972
Release year1972
LanguageEnglish
Duration134 min (2h 14m)
Rating7.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseSanford Productions (III)

Director: Mark Rydell
Writers: Irving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank Jr.

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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
Slim PickensAnse Lonny ChapmanHomer's Father Charles TynerStonemason
Sarah CunninghamAnnie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerieEllen Price

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