The Cowboys
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
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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.
Cast
John WayneWil Andersen
Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger
Bruce DernLong Hair
Colleen DewhurstKate
Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats
Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan
Steve BenedictCowboy Steve
Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman HowellCowboy Weedy
Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie SchwartzSean KellyCowboy Stuttering Bob
A MartinezCowboy CimarronCrew
DirectorMark Rydell
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Details
Release DateJanuary 13, 1972
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$7,500,000
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosSanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
