The Cowboys (1972)

01/13/1972 (US) • 2h 14m

Western, Adventure, Drama, Action

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

John Wayne

Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne

Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern

Long Hair

Nicolas Beauvy

Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict

Cowboy Steve

Robert Carradine

Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell

Cowboy Weedy


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$7,500,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

montana

ranch

beef

cattle drive

underage drinking

gun battle

cattle

schoolboy

cattleman

cattle rustling

kids on their own

cattle stampede

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