The Cowboys
Movie
Type
1972
Year
2h 11m
Runtime
★ 7.1
Rating
Action / Adventure / Drama
Genre
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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
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Cast

John Wayne
Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern
Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Kate

Alfred Barker Jr.
Fats - Cowboy
Nicolas Beauvy
Dan - Cowboy
Steve Benedict
Steve - Cowboy

Robert Carradine
Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy

Norman Howell
Weedy - Cowboy

Stephen R. Hudis
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy

A Martinez
Cimarron - Cowboy

Clay O'Brien
Hardy Fimps - Cowboy