The Cowboys
1972
2h 11min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
13 January 1972
Runtime
2h 11min
Director
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$7,500,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
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
Norman Howell
Jim's Father
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Ben
Larry Finley
Jake
Jim Burk
Pete
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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