The Cowboys

The Cowboys (1972)

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

Western Adventure Drama Action

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.

star 7.0 7.4 52 75%
  • Release Date: 1972-01-13
  • Runtime: 2h 14min
  • Director: Mark Rydell

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Stephen R. Hudis

      Cowboy Charlie Schwartz

    • Sean Kelly

      Cowboy Stuttering Bob

    • A Martinez

      Cowboy Cimarron

    • Clay O'Brien

      Cowboy Hardy Fimps

    • Sam O'Brien

      Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

    • Mike Pyeatt

      Cowboy Homer Weems

    • Slim Pickens

      Anse

    • Lonny Chapman

      Homer's Father

    • Charles Tyner

      Stonemason

    • Sarah Cunningham

      Annie Andersen

    • Allyn Ann McLerie

      Ellen Price

    • Maggie Costain

      Phoebe

    • Matt Clark

      Smiley

    • Jerry Gatlin

      Howdy

    • Walter Scott

      Okay

    • Richard Farnsworth

      Henry Williams

    • Wallace Brooks

      Red Tucker

    • Charise Cullin

      Elizabeth

    • Collette Poeppel

      Rosemary

    • Rita Hudis

      Charlie's Mother

    • Margaret Kelly

      Bob's Mother

    • Larry Randles

      Ben

    • Larry Finley

      Jake

    • Jim Burk

      Pete

    • Norman Howell Sr.

      Jim's Father

    • Fred Brookfield

      Rustler

    • Tap Canutt

      Rustler

    • Chuck Courtney

      Rustler

    • Gary Epper

      Rustler

    • Tony Epper

      Rustler

    • Kent Hays

      Rustler

    • J.R. Randall

      Rustler

    • Henry Wills

      Rustler

    • Joe Yrigoyen

      Rustler

    • Ralph Volkie

      Ralphie (uncredited)

    • Ivan Brutsche

      Towns Person (uncredited)

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