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 7.1 7.4 52 75%
  • Release Date: 1972-01-13
  • Runtime: 2h 11min
  • Director: Mark Rydell

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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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