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The Cowboys

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

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The Cowboys — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • January 13, 1972
  • Runtime
  • 134 min
  • Genres
  • Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
  • Director
  • Mark Rydell

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The Cowboys — Cast

John Wayne photo John Wayne Wil Andersen Roscoe Lee Browne photo Roscoe Lee Browne Jebediah Nightlinger Bruce Dern photo Bruce Dern Long Hair Colleen Dewhurst photo Colleen Dewhurst Kate Alfred Barker Jr. photo Alfred Barker Jr. Cowboy Fats Nicolas Beauvy photo Nicolas Beauvy Cowboy Dan Steve Benedict photo Steve Benedict Cowboy Steve Robert Carradine photo Robert Carradine Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

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