The Cowboys (1972)
Watch TrailerAll 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.
Date Released :1972-01-13
Votes : 257
7.1
7,500,000
134 Minutes
Main Actors
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
A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Slim Pickens
Anse
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
Reviews2
John Chard
Written on 2019-05-29T19:54:41.703Z
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men. The Cowboys is directed by Mark Rydell and adapted from the novel written by William Dale Jennings; who co-writes the screenplay with Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. It ...