The Cowboys
252 reviews
Western/Adventure
2h 14m
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...
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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.
- DirectorMark Rydell
- Release13 January 1972
- Genre
- Duration2h 14m
- Budget$6,000,000
- Revenue$7,500,000
- Rate252 reviews
- Productions
Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast

John Wayne
Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern
Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Kate

Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats

Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve

Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy

A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps

Slim Pickens
Anse

Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father

Charles Tyner
Stonemason

Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price

Matt Clark
Smiley

Walter Scott
Okay

Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams

Chuck Courtney
Rustler

Tony Epper
Rustler

Henry Wills
Rustler

Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
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