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The Cowboys

The Cowboys1972

★7.1134 minWesternAdventureDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Irving Ravetch William Dale Jennings Harriet Frank Jr.

Score

Stars

John Wayne Roscoe Lee Browne Bruce Dern

Cast45

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
S
Sean Kelly
as Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A Martinez
as Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
as Cowboy Hardy Fimps
S
Sam O'Brien
as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
M
Mike Pyeatt
as Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim Pickens
as Anse
Lonny Chapman
as Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
as Stonemason
S
Sarah Cunningham
as Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Ellen Price
M
Maggie Costain
as Phoebe
Matt Clark
as Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
as Howdy
W
Walter Scott
as Okay
Richard Farnsworth
as Henry Williams
W
Wallace Brooks
as Red Tucker
C
Charise Cullin
as Elizabeth
C
Collette Poeppel
as Rosemary
R
Rita Hudis
as Charlie's Mother
M
Margaret Kelly
as Bob's Mother
L
Larry Randles
as Ben
L
Larry Finley
as Jake
J
Jim Burk
as Pete
N
Norman Howell Sr.
as Jim's Father
F
Fred Brookfield
as Rustler
T
Tap Canutt
as Rustler
Chuck Courtney
as Rustler
Gary Epper
as Rustler
Tony Epper
as Rustler
K
Kent Hays
as Rustler
J
J.R. Randall
as Rustler
Henry Wills
as Rustler
Joe Yrigoyen
as Rustler
Ralph Volkie
as Ralphie (uncredited)
I
Ivan Brutsche
as Towns Person (uncredited)

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