The Cowboys
1972 · TMDB 7.1
Directed by Mark Rydell
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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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...
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- Runtime
- 134 min
- Released
- 1972-01-13
- Studio
- Sanford Productions (III)
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.1
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Key contributors
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Mark Rydell
Director
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Irving Ravetch
Writer
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William Dale Jennings
Writer
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Harriet Frank Jr.
Writer
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John Wayne
Wil Andersen
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
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Bruce Dern
Long Hair
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Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
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Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats
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Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
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Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
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Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt