The Cowboys (1972)

ALL 01/13/1972 (en) Western, Adventure, Drama, Action 131 Min
  • Release
    01/13/1972
  • Production
    Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    The Cowboys
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 7,500,000.00
    -

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.

  1. Mark Rydell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Neil Travis

    Editor

  4. Mark Rydell

    Producer



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  1. John Wayne

    Wil Andersen

  2. Roscoe Lee Browne

    Jebediah Nightlinger

  3. Bruce Dern

    Long Hair

  4. Colleen Dewhurst

    Kate

  5. Alfred Barker Jr.

    Cowboy Fats

  6. Nicolas Beauvy

    Cowboy Dan

  7. Steve Benedict

    Cowboy Steve

  8. Robert Carradine

    Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

  9. Norman Howell

    Cowboy Weedy

  10. Stephen R. Hudis

    Cowboy Charlie Schwartz

  11. Sean Kelly

    Cowboy Stuttering Bob

  12. A Martinez

    Cowboy Cimarron

  13. Clay O'Brien

    Cowboy Hardy Fimps

  14. Sam O'Brien

    Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

  15. Mike Pyeatt

    Cowboy Homer Weems

  16. Slim Pickens

    Anse

  17. Lonny Chapman

    Homer's Father

  18. Charles Tyner

    Stonemason

  19. Sarah Cunningham

    Annie Andersen

  20. Allyn Ann McLerie

    Ellen Price

  21. Maggie Costain

    Phoebe

  22. Matt Clark

    Smiley

  23. Jerry Gatlin

    Howdy

  24. Walter Scott

    Okay

  25. Richard Farnsworth

    Henry Williams

  26. Wallace Brooks

    Red Tucker

  27. Charise Cullin

    Elizabeth

  28. Collette Poeppel

    Rosemary

  29. Rita Hudis

    Charlie's Mother

  30. Margaret Kelly

    Bob's Mother

  31. Larry Randles

    Ben

  32. Larry Finley

    Jake

  33. Jim Burk

    Pete

  34. Norman Howell Sr.

    Jim's Father

  35. Fred Brookfield

    Rustler

  36. Tap Canutt

    Rustler

  37. Chuck Courtney

    Rustler

  38. Gary Epper

    Rustler

  39. Tony Epper

    Rustler

  40. Kent Hays

    Rustler

  41. J.R. Randall

    Rustler

  42. Henry Wills

    Rustler

  43. Joe Yrigoyen

    Rustler

  44. Ralph Volkie

    Ralphie (uncredited)

  45. Ivan Brutsche

    Towns Person (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 45 , Crews : 21

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The Cowboys (1972) 131 Min

ALL 01/13/1972 (en)
Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
  • Release 01/13/1972
  • Production
    Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Original title The Cowboys
  • en
  • Revenue7,500,000.00

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.

  1. Mark Rydell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Neil Travis

    Editor

  4. Mark Rydell

    Producer