Film

The Cowboys

1972 · 2h 14m · Western · Adventure · Drama

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

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

52

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.

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

Sean Kelly

Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez

Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien

Cowboy Hardy Fimps

Sam O'Brien

Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

Mike Pyeatt

Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens

Anse

• Mark RydellDirector · Producer
• Irving RavetchScreenplay
• William Dale JenningsScreenplay · Novel
• Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
• Robert SurteesDirector of Photography
• John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Neil TravisEditor
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

January 13, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

PG

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$7,500,000

Genres

Western, Adventure, Drama, Action

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