The Cowboys
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
7.1(271) 1972-01-13 134 minWesternAdventureDramaAction
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.
ScreenplayIrving Ravetch
DirectorMark Rydell
ScreenplayWilliam Dale Jennings
Original Music ComposerJohn Williams
ScreenplayHarriet Frank Jr.
ProducerMark Rydell
Cast & characters
John Wayne
as Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
as Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
as Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
as Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
as Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
as Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell
as Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis
as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
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Sean Kelly
as Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A Martinez
as Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
as Cowboy Hardy Fimps
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Sam O'Brien
as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
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Mike Pyeatt
as Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim Pickens
as Anse
Lonny Chapman
as Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
as Stonemason
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Sarah Cunningham
as Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Ellen Price
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Maggie Costain
as Phoebe
Matt Clark
as Smiley
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Jerry Gatlin
as Howdy
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Walter Scott
as Okay
