The Cowboys (1972)
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 14m
- Director Mark Rydell
- Genres Action Adventure Drama Western
- Rating 7.1/10 (275 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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John Wayne
as Wil Andersen
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Roscoe Lee Browne
as Jebediah Nightlinger
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Bruce Dern
as Long Hair
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Colleen Dewhurst
as Kate
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Alfred Barker Jr.
as Cowboy Fats
-
Nicolas Beauvy
as Cowboy Dan
-
Steve Benedict
as Cowboy Steve
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Robert Carradine
as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
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Norman Howell
as Cowboy Weedy
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Stephen R. Hudis
as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
- Sean Kelly as Cowboy Stuttering Bob
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A Martinez
as Cowboy Cimarron
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Clay O'Brien
as Cowboy Hardy Fimps
- Sam O'Brien as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
- Mike Pyeatt as Cowboy Homer Weems
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Slim Pickens
as Anse
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Lonny Chapman
as Homer's Father
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Charles Tyner
as Stonemason
Crew
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Mark Rydell
Director
-
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
- Neil Travis Editor
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John Williams
Original Music Composer
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Mark Rydell
Producer
- Irving Ravetch Screenplay
- William Dale Jennings Screenplay
-
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
